Saying Stories 2009: February 2009

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Leon de Normandy

Aloha.

This one is a bit strange even by my standards and perhaps my most ambiguous (or ... is it?).

Leon de Normandy

A short one this time. I'm liable to do a lot of short ones this year, both because of the accelerated schedule and because I'm busy with school.

This story didn't turn out nearly as experimental as I thought it would at first. In fact, it ended up pretty straightforward. The connection to the lyrics may seem tenuous or nonexistent, but it was inspired by it.

A Notebook Found in the Street

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This year's edition uses song lyrics as a jumping off point.

Prompts for upcoming stories are directly below. Past prompts and links to the associated stories, along with a link to last year's archives, can be found in the next sidebar down.

Jun.- “I am stuck here in a moment.”

Jul.- “I don’t claim to be no gambler. I don’t know much about the dice.”

Aug.- “I think I’ll just stay here and drink”

Sept.- “Now it’s over; I’m dead and I haven’t done anything that I want, or I’m still alive and there’s nothing I want to do.”

Oct.- “She woke in the morning/She knew that her life had passed her by/She called out a warning/Don't ever let life pass you by.”

Nov.- “We could talk about the lives we've led/And count the reasons we're not dead/Or maybe we could talk instead/About the ways in which we are.”

Dec.- “You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille.”