November 2010
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Chapter Ten - Won't Get Fooled Again
Slater pulled the collar of his cream-colored trenchcoat above his neck and accepted a cup of instant coffee from his partner, Marmaduke. “What do you think, Em?”
Marmaduke stared at the gooey remains on the floor. “I think we’re gonna have to play this one off the book. And I don’t mean the ThoughtBook.” He put on his ninth pair of glasses for the day.
“Any more puns and you’re gonna have...
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Chapter Nine - The Place To Be
Stepping off the bus, the first thing Jesse noticed was the smell of burning rubber and cigarettes. A rusting, bullethole-ridden sign told him they were in Siberia. November poked him in the back of the head. “Hey,” she said.
“How’re you feeling?”
“Oh, I didn’t do too much of whatever everyone was on. I didn’t wanna have some Inception-esque experience where I’m tripping while tripping,...
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Chapter Eight - We're Going To Ibiza
Morgoth banged his hand on the table. “Goddamnit, you’re just children! You can’t take on this task alone.”
“Listen homeboy, we don’t have a choice. If you’re so concerned for our well-being, why don’t you offer your people to the cause?” November retorted, because how will this pass the Bechdel test if the female lead doesn’t assert some independence? And if Joss Whedon showed us anything its...
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Chapter Seven - Been Caught Stealing
We stood on the swings at the top of the hill looking at the roads and houses below. “Got another cigarette?” He shook the box near his ear.
“Nope.” I felt warm in the clothes I’d stolen from the Goodwill bin that was left outside. My jacket smelt strongly of leather and it reminded me of riding on my Dad’s motorbike when I was twelve. The first bird to awaken chirped in the dull blue light. I...
Chapter Six - Maybe Vampires Is A Bit Strong,...
Since the world suffered its catastrophic supernatural ordeal, vampire covens had successfully run for and attained legitimate political party status, and currently governed ninety percent of the suburban neighbourhoods in the country. Their superhuman speed made them unparalleled at filling out the mountains of bureaucratic paperwork required to be a politician, making them the most efficient...
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Chapter Five - Tragedy
John Hurt stood up from the gelatinous seat he was ensconced in and outstretched his left palm to the right-handed reporter. “Are we done?”
“Yes, thankyou for the interview John. ThoughtBook has changed the way we live. You’ve done the world a great service,” the reporter offered and she shook his hand awkwardly.
“Please,” John smiled. “Call me Mr. Hurt.”
“Really? That makes you sound...
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Chapter Four - I Guess That's Why They Call It The...
“Jesse?” November said to the couch in the living room.
“Sup?” came its reply.
“When you said you had a plan… I figured it’d be more proactive than lying on the couch playing Post-Modern Warfare all day.” This was a factual statement. Jesse’s plan hadn’t met her expectations, and she’d already unlocked all weapons and perks in the game so she didn’t find it much fun anymore.
“I’m not just...
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Chapter Three - November Rain
The thing with the signs was the fault of one man, Jeffrey Dollmer, who ran a small department of local government. He was content to blame the delay in having readable street signs on his deputy, Carrie Sure, who was so by-the-book that any blame she received was forgotten quickly. She was an asset to the policy-makers because of her rigorous dedication to enforcing those policies.
Jeffrey...
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Chapter Two - Babababennie and the Jets
DMX paused on his patrol around the ship to admire his chassis. He’d just had his wheels replaced by the ship’s mechano-medic in order to look his best for the impending invasion. The diamonds gilding his CommScreen glinted in the reflection of the ship’s window. Ftchhhhh, a door near the end of the corridor slid open. Hepcat, his rapping cat, slunk out of the glowing room behind it. “What the...
October 2010
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Chapter One - Hurricane Jesse
As he sat in the darkness of his living room with the Rocky Horror soundtrack pounding his ears through second hand headphones, he silently wept, his tears sliding around the curvature of his gaping mouth. It’d been a little while since the world had suffered a catastrophic supernatural ordeal. The fallen God that identified itself as Ouagadougou had been enslaved, its divine energy harnessed to...
November 2009
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Chapter 06: It's a matter of perspective
EXT. FOREST - NIGHT The polished black boots of a self-aggrandizing radio host crunch as they strut across the pine needles strewn on the forest floor. Reginald climbs a tree, heroically. REGINALD For as far as I can see, the end to this crisis is as veiled as the meaning to life itself. With a long and slender palm across his brow, he peers left and right. Civilisation lies miles away. This was...
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Chapter 05: The plot thickens, like molasses. You...
I glanced over to Guadalupe, watching his body heave as he took sharp breaths, a slightly upwards-curled lip hinting that he was probably having a dream about Kristen Bell. I never understood his fascination with her. Sure, she was cute, and Veronica Mars was a thoroughly enjoyable show (though I’d never admit as much to anybody other than the moleskine in which I now write), but to quote Kanye,...
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Chapter 04: ~nterlude
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Chapter 03: Ouagadougou
The world. Had. Changed in multiple, irreversible ways. People scrambled. To find some. Quantum. Of solace amongst. The chaos. What a disappointing. Film. Quantum of Solace. Turned out. To be. Film criticism aside, all of the chaos looked like nothing but ants in a suburban ant farm, grains of sand replaced by little boxes, several of which were now the source of spiraling plumes of fire and...
Chapter 02: Interior Recording Studio
INT. RECORDING STUDIO - RADIO STATION KQUIRK FM A gaunt man with ample facial hair, a long, dark mane and bright eyes, REGINALD, lifts headphones that resemble electric blue earmuffs over his head. They snap to his ears, though he doesn’t wince. Reginald flicks a few switches and points at his co-host off-screen. We smash across to Reginald’s co-host, JACK SHEPHERD, a similar-aged man with...
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Chapter 01: Numero Uno
KABOOM! The plane exploded. Bodies lay scattered on the concrete. They were all dead. Dead as donkeys. It was a dark and stormy night. Such is how it always begins, and that night was no exception, for it was exceptionally dark and stormy. I woke, startled by a thunderous noise. It was thunder. I sat in the hammock outside, being buffeted by the wind. I cradled my girlfriend in my arms. Her pulse...