A Cool Campfire?
Time was - when I was first falling in love with made-up tales - storytelling in this culture was passive. Long ago, delivery via the tribal circle and oral traditions gave way to schoolroom seating and pulp. Celluloid in the dark followed, then waves to couches through cathode ray tubes. Even with traveling electrons, still pretty much one-way. Invisible griots and minstrels to audiences of mutes.
Now this - ubiquitous chat, new possibilities. A friend recently introduced me to the musings of Internet marketing guru Seth Godin. According to him, this medium's all about tribes and stories, anyway.
Welcome to a meeting place for a tribe to make stories about life and living in it. I'm interested in getting together here with like-minded people dedicated to caring for, feeding, and perfecting the written word - with a bias toward contemporary and topical short fiction - and maybe, along the way, becoming better writers and more interesting people.
You're invited. Please read the featured short story below - it's free - and sample any or all of the short stories or scripts you find interesting. For a nominal annual fee you can become a Member and:
- Read and download my work in full at your leisure;
- Review my work, offer your comments and ideas, and link back to your own in the Member's Forum; and
- Post comments on my occasional rants and reviews.
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