Fic: Deathbed
In celebration of International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day (click
here for the founding of the event, and
here for the origin of the movement and an explanation of where the name came from [cough]) I'm posting a story I wrote years ago, a modern fantasy/horror; it's not really
scary or gross or anything, but it's twisty and I like it.
Briefly, today people are posting fiction for free on the internet. It's supposed to be "professional quality" work and since I've never been paid for anything I don't really have a story which qualifies, but this is the closest I've come -- one rejection letter I got for it said that it was too close to a story by Octavia Butler. At the time I'd never read any of her stories but I'd certainly heard of her and was more than willing to accept the compliment. Now that I've read some of her work I'm even happier, if one can be happy about a rejection. [wry smile]
In editing this for posting online, adding HTML and such, I noticed that a few references are dated, mostly hairstyles and such. I thought about updating it then decided not to. It works as it is and I hope you enjoy it, dated hair and all. :)
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