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Emmet, Joey, & the Beelz

Edgy DC May 11 2006 01:15 PM

http://www.abyssandapex.com/

ScarletKnight41 May 11 2006 03:04 PM

Congrats! Well done :)

Vic Sage May 11 2006 03:42 PM

Dear family, friends and colleagues: I'm proud to announce the electronic publication of my short story, "Emmett, Joey & the Beelz", by the Abyss & Apex Webzine, at: http://www.abyssandapex.com/200604-Emmett.html Its a (hopefully) amusing noir /fantasy, in the hyper-pulp style of SIN CITY, that takes Jewish mysticism and mixes it with Mike Hammer, Faust and Frankenstein... in fact, its a foul-mouthed and violent mélange that I'm pretty sure has something to offend everybody. Abyss & Apex is not exactly Asimov's Fantasy & SF Magazine, but they paid me actual $$ to publish it, so I guess that makes me a professional! Also, while I've got your attention, I should let you know that the 1-act version of my play LITTLE ONE, GOODBYE, is being presented as part of the "best of" staged reading series at Tada! Theater, May 20th (7pm) & 21st (3pm). http://www.tadatheater.com/teens/Default.asp ...so its been a pretty good month for me, all in all.

MFS62 May 11 2006 04:08 PM

Administrator note: Spoiler in this post. A Golem with a soul. Imagine that. Very good, tataleh. I enjoyed it. Later

HahnSolo May 12 2006 08:34 AM

Best. Last two sentences. Ever. Seriously, well done!

Vic Sage May 12 2006 09:11 AM

thanks for the kudos, `62, but you gave away the ending! please delete!

Vic Sage May 12 2006 09:12 AM

hahn, i knew a Mets fan would like the ending. In fact, I started with the ending and worked backwards.

Kong76 May 12 2006 01:00 PM

Read that with lunch, I liked it. Big Al would be proud.

RealityChuck May 12 2006 01:22 PM

Congratulations! Not a bad place to be. Is this your first sale?

MFS62 May 12 2006 05:01 PM

Didn't mean to spoil it. I would have thought everyone would have read the story before they got to my response. I was so fatummult (and a bissel faklempt) after reading it, I plead temporary insanity. Sorry if I did. Later

Vic Sage May 22 2006 02:56 PM

RealityChuck wrote: Congratulations! Not a bad place to be. Is this your first sale? yeah, its my first sale, and my first shot at writing a short story since i dabbled with the form in college. i've had a play thats kicked around for a while, though. so now that i've "conquered" those 2 formats, i'm working on a screenplay and a musical. and no sweat, `'62... if i rendered you even the slightest bit faklempt, my work here is done.

TheOldMole May 22 2006 08:30 PM

I did read the story before the response. Loved it. The story, that is. Liked the response, too.

sharpie May 23 2006 10:55 AM

Very nice.

soupcan May 24 2006 07:32 AM

Printed this drivel out and read it on the train home last night. What crap! And 18 pages of it at that! Just kidding man. I really liked it and actually gave it to a friend to read. Great concept and if you really did start with the ending and worked backward - that makes it even better. Congrats and thanks.

Vic Sage May 24 2006 09:45 AM

thanks for the support, folks. its greatly appreciated. actually, the ending came to me along the way. I didn't really start there, i'm ashamed to admit.

RealityChuck May 24 2006 11:08 AM

Vic Sage wrote: thanks for the support, folks. its greatly appreciated. actually, the ending came to me along the way. I didn't really start there, i'm ashamed to admit. Why be ashamed? Some of my best story endings came out of nowhere along the way.

Edgy DC May 24 2006 07:30 PM

JRR Tolkien said he got the Hobbits to Bree and got all scared with them because he had no idea what was going to happen to them.