Weekly Prompt Story: Space

...on an unrelated note to this Sunday's story, a different drabble I've written, "You Can't Go Home Again," is appearing on this week's episode of the Drabblecast. You should also check that out!

http://www.drabblecast.org/2012/09/14/drabblecast-256-roanoke-nevada/

...and here's this week's story:

http://podcasting.isfullofcrap.com/2012/09/16/weekly-challenge-334-space/

Space

By Christopher Munroe

Know what trope I miss? Attaching “Space” to things to make them more future-ey.

Writers used it for a good long while! People would take space-ships to space-stations, change into space-suits and space-walk to the spaceport. It was cheesy, I’ll grant you, but it had a certain space-charm.

Space = Future fell out of fashion once people started actually going to space, I think. But we’ve built awesome robots to send in our place now, so I think “Space” is due for a space-comeback. Who’s with me?

I hope you’ve enjoyed my space-story. Now: I’m off to eat my space-lunch.

The Button (for Norm)

Each time I click, my free will vanishes.

I know it, but I can’t stop. There isn’t enough of myself left to stop. My mind, body and soul are promised to a man called Norm.

I hear and obey, I can’t do otherwise. And I know I’m not alone.

There’s an army of us now, clicking the button. None of us knows why he took our will, none know what he’ll do with us. But our loyalty’s unmistakable.

In the back of my mind, what’s left of me screams, unheeded.

Why, oh why, did I click the button labelled “submit”?

hey! i got nominated for a thing! (shameless self promotion)

my story, Time Machine, got nominated for "best drabble" over at the drabblecast! i'm deeply honoured and shamelessly self-promoting. the vote is here:

http://drabblecast.freeforums.org/best-drabble-finals-vote-here-t1221.html

also; if you're not already subscribing to the drabblecast, do so, it's a bitchin' little story podcast that, if you like sci-fi/fantasy weirdness, you'd probably enjoy.

Appearing again on the Drabblecast (shameless self-promotion)

I appear to be appearing, however briefly, on this weeks Drabblecast. You should listen to it, because I'm in it. Also: you should listen to it because it's a totally badass little podcast that everyone should enjoy. It's a twitfic (100 character story) and I'll include it here, but just because It's included below, don't not listen to the podcast as well....



When bin Laden released his new tape we felt jaded, we'd seen it before.
It turned out to be a sex tape.
We knew true terror.

Shameless self promotion.

"Time Machine", one of my hundred word short stories has been picked up by "The Drabblecast", a podcast available through itunes and from the website:

http://web.mac.com/normsherman/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html

...if you have an ipod, i reccommend subscribing to it, both to hear my story and because it's a badass little podcast. you'll enjoy it.