101 STORIES: the autopsy report |
I made it to 101, four months behind schedule. I want to apologize to everyone who's been paying attention. I want to apologize for anyone who was disappointed, either by the progress or by the cont...
Posted by Clark on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:52:00 PST |
101/101: A STORY TO END ALL STORIES |
"They're just not as good as they were, y'know?" she said. Jenn absently scanned over the shelves of maple syrup and barbecue sauce. "What happened?"
Greg unpacked another box, a motley co...
Posted by Clark on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:09:00 PST |
38/101: THE STORY I NEVER WROTE... |
Cue the fucking violins... This time around didn't do it, either. Moving on......
Posted by Clark on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 02:35:00 PST |
100/101 : BUTCHERING OTHER PEOPLE'S WORDS |
Gideon and Inga watched the guy onstage warble his way through "Your Cheatin' Heart", while they stuffed their ears with bourbon. Although they had known each other for years, they had only met ...
Posted by Clark on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:28:00 PST |
99/101: SITTING OUTSIDE THE PERIPHERY |
It was a bigger doghouse than Gideon expected. His wanderings had led him near Ed and Carrie's neck of the woods. And although he wasn't up to running into old friends and chatting catchup, he wasn'...
Posted by Clark on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:12:00 PST |
98/101 : IN LOVE WITH WHAT'S LEFT OF HER |
A twenty dollar bill is still a powerful thing. It got me in the apartment first, a day before the auction. I'd heard a rumor about some Bakelite radios, but it didn't wash. Her retro tastes were l...
Posted by Clark on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:41:00 PST |
97/101 : DOGS OF WAR, DOGS OF PEACE |
The Wanderer's glasses fogged up from the steam, rising out of the army's carcasses underfoot. But he could still recognize the forms of the only other surviviors in his vicinity, the magnificent Val...
Posted by Clark on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:44:00 PST |
96/101: HE KNOWS WHAT HE LIKES |
"I loved her when she was a redhead," he said into the glass. He drank the three fingers in a gulp, trying to wash the taste of those words out. It didn't work; he tapped for the bartender's attenti...
Posted by Clark on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:51:00 PST |
95/101: OBSERVATIONS AT THE METROPOLIS SUPERMAN FESTIVAL |
In 1839, farmers and settlers on the Illinois side of the Kentucky border started a new town, south of the remnants of a Revolutionary War fort. They named the town Metropolis, with the intention tha...
Posted by Clark on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:24:00 PST |
94/101: MOONLIGHT PICNIC |
The girl he met at the hotel was right; it was a beautiful view. Another night bright enough to see the indigo horizon. Gideon took a seat while a cloud pulled out in front of the moon. He pulled o...
Posted by Clark on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 05:42:00 PST |
