The Heaper's Short Story of the Week club!

Odradek · 2014-09-03 19:24:25

1.Aliroz

2.Sunn Wolf

3.Sredni

4.Yarrun

5.Imi

Odradek · 2014-09-03 19:24:47

And we rolled a four! It's Yarrun.

Go ahead and provide a link.

Yarrun XIX · 2014-09-03 22:45:31

http://www.fsgworkinprogress.com/2011/05/orientation-by-daniel-orozco/

Obā-san · 2014-09-03 22:58:10

I've already read this story actually! (*it's one of my faves in that anthology, if i can find my fave online i'll suggest it as the next one up*)

Odradek · 2014-09-04 10:53:41

Yarrun XIX said:
http://www.fsgworkinprogress.com/2011/05/orientation-by-daniel-orozco/

That was funny and depressing.

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-09-04 10:58:59

Alternately: Droll and upsettling.

Odradek · 2014-09-04 11:04:39

Sredni Vashtar said:
upsettling.

I like this portmanteau, intentional or not.

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-09-04 11:36:59

Very intentional. I jacked it from Neil Gaiman, who is better with words than I am.

Aliroz · 2014-09-04 11:37:53

You know what bugs me? The fact that Curtis Lance isn't in love with somebody who is in love with Russel Nash.

Come on, complete the hexagon of pain, here.

Also, hmm, any speculation on Anika Bloom and Kevin Howard? Psychic connection that allows her to know when he will kill people? Is she some sort of oracle and all the horrors in Howard's past and fate cause her to bleed when he's around? Does she know he's a serial killer?

Simply fascinating.

Odradek · 2014-09-09 19:29:07

What are the suggestions this week?

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-09-09 19:31:14

I am going to put forward Sunny and my previous suggestions again.

Aliroz · 2014-09-09 19:34:05

Fredric Brown's Answer.

^

one suggestion, I mean.

Odradek · 2014-09-09 19:48:26

For the sake of fairness I'll say that Sunn Wolf has to post his suggestion himself. Or someone else can suggest it.

So it's

Sredni-1

Aliroz-2

Odradek · 2014-09-09 19:48:52

I might suggest a story myself later. If so, I'll let another poster do the dice rolling.

Odradek · 2014-09-09 21:32:18

I will suggest Ray Bradbury's The Fog Horn

So it's

Sredni 1

Aliroz 2

Odradek 3

I will let Crystal post the results in this thread.

Crystal · 2014-09-09 21:36:21

I rolled a 3 (thanks, rollermine), so we're going with Ray Bradbury's The Fog Horn.

Odradek · 2014-09-09 21:39:34

http://www.grammarpunk.com/lit/gp/THE_FOG_HORN.pdf

Mandelbrot · 2014-09-09 23:26:30

wrong thread

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-09-09 23:31:47

But Sunn Wolf has been proposing his story every time since the beginning of the thread and never been chosen. This seems unfair to me. Also, strictly speaking Al and I already went, so even if we weren't chosen it's still slightly unfair to him since he's one of maybe two people recommending stories whose story hasn't been chosen yet.

Crystal · 2014-09-10 00:28:01

Odradek is currently asleep. I can reroll tomorrow.

Odradek · 2014-09-10 07:56:08

Sredni Vashtar said:
But Sunn Wolf has been proposing his story every time since the beginning of the thread and never been chosen. This seems unfair to me. Also, strictly speaking Al and I already went, so even if we weren't chosen it's still slightly unfair to him since he's one of maybe two people recommending stories whose story hasn't been chosen yet.

Oh okay.

I will re-roll with the following numbers with my offer off the table.

Aliroz-1

Sredni-2

Sunn-3

Odradek · 2014-09-10 07:56:36

Sunn Wolf go ahead and provide a link. I got a 3

Aliroz · 2014-09-11 13:35:05

Sunny?

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-09-11 15:38:41

I think he's in Greece right now, but I can find the link!

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-09-11 16:10:45

Here it is, by the way: http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/othrside.htm

Odradek · 2014-09-13 14:14:15

Yeah I have no idea what that story was about but it was great.

Also appropriate for Sunn Wolf.

Odradek · 2014-09-14 10:50:26

So has no one else read this yet?

Yarrun XIX · 2014-09-14 11:19:34

It has been read.

Not sure what to think about it quite yet.

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-09-14 16:16:35

Still need to read it. I have a tab open.

Odradek · 2014-09-15 12:15:38

Anyway, time to get your story suggestions in, because I feel like I didn't give people enough time last week.

Deadline is Tuesday night.

Aliroz · 2014-09-15 12:18:39

Robbie by Isaac Asimov.

Odradek · 2014-09-15 12:54:27

I didn't know you were an Asimov fan, Aliroz.

Aliroz · 2014-09-15 19:33:36

Odradek said:
I didn't know you were an Asimov fan, Aliroz.

I am a complete and total Asimov fan.

Except for the end of Foundation, and The Gods Themselves, which were lame.

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-09-16 17:06:55

We didn't really discuss the previous story much at all, though, so I want to get everyone's thoughts first. Really, I'd like to do that with any story we choose.

Odradek · 2014-09-16 17:13:07

Hmmm.

How should I change the rules then.

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-09-16 17:26:46

It doesn't require a change in the rules, just time after we all finish each story to talk about it.

Yarrun XIX · 2014-09-17 15:09:44

The idea of being able to hear prayers said for you from the grave is an interesting one. Haunting, even.

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-09-17 20:16:59

The ambiguity of the whole situation is very dream-like while still keeping that fairy tale style and feeling, and I liked that, but I'm not 100% sure how I felt about the story as a whole. I liked it, but I didn't love it.

I would be interested to read more of Stenbock's work, however. The creativity in the imagery and the overall atmosphere are wonderful.

Odradek · 2014-09-17 20:18:30

So has everyone read it then? I can roll for the next story tomorrow once I get some suggestions in.

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-09-17 20:20:58

Sure.

Again, I nominate "Mrs. Rinaldi's Angel" by Thomas Ligotti.

Odradek · 2014-09-20 09:30:39

Suggestions? So far I just have

Vash

Aliroz

Yarrun XIX · 2014-09-20 10:24:53

I'll resubmit the yellow wallpaper

Odradek · 2014-09-20 10:28:35

Okay,

Vash-1

Aliroz-2

Yarrun-3

Unless anyone has any objections or extra stories, I'll roll tonight.

Mandelbrot · 2014-09-20 12:46:40

i'd like to resubmit The Mark on the Wall

Aliroz · 2014-09-20 13:12:01

I know this means nothing, but three is my favorite number, so could Yarrun and I switch numbers?

Odradek · 2014-09-20 20:23:19

Vash-1

Yarrun-2

Aliroz-3

Mandelbrot-4

Odradek · 2014-09-20 20:23:43

And the role is three! Aliroz, provide a link!

Aliroz · 2014-09-20 20:40:39

I cannot find a good link, however, I, Robot is in basically every library ever.

It shouldn't be hard to find.

Odradek · 2014-09-20 20:41:32

https://www.cs.sfu.ca/~vaughan/teaching/415/papers/I, Robot Ch1-3.pdf Google gave me this. It's the second chapter.

Aliroz · 2014-09-20 20:45:20

Thank you, Odra.

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