Been a while since I presented any of my stories for your consideration. Here's one I finished off today, inspired by a dream I had. I'm very pleased with it, do let me know what you all make of it.
http://freespace.virgin.net/pa.hayes/eleanor.htm
Taylor-Mayed · Member since
Whoops, did it again.
Daburcor? · Member since
"seemingly both amused and slightly scandalised by the suggestion"
Good story! This was my favorite line though... :p
Banquo · Member since
Welcome Peter Moffatt. You'll find some of us are ok just ignore.............
Oh right. Sorry.
Taylor-Mayed · Member since
When I first accidentally posted with that account (I made it as a test to see if I could get it to work when the board was down) the other day I briefly considered using it full-time and thus staging an incognito comeback, but thought you'd probably work out who it was eventually.
By the way Banquo, how are you enjoying the Brett Holmeses on BBC-2? I'm enjoying them greatly myself having never seen them before. "The Copper Beeches" on Saturday was a bit of a weird one though.
Banquo · Member since
Very good, they can get very weird, but to me Jeremy Brett is the definitive Holmes. I saw Watson in something the other day, Edward Hardwicke? I can't remeber if it was contempory or not. That's going to bug me now.
Taylor-Mayed · Member since
Hardwicke turns up in "Love, Actually", briefly.
However, he's not Watson yet in the BBC-2 run - it's still David Burke up to and including "The Final Problem." Hardwicke took over after that until the end of the series.
YourValentine · Member since
That's a very good story, Paul, I am really impressed. You should be proud of your writing skills. I have to say that I don't envy you for your dreams!
Taylor-Mayed · Member since
Thank you all. It was just the image of the brains and the eyes in jars that came in the dream really, but as soon as I woke up I knew I had to use it somewhere. I was a little worried that it might end up being too similar to Roald Dahl's "William and Mary" from his "Tales of the Unexpected", but I hope I managed to avoid coming too close.
Banquo · Member since
I remember now Hardwicke was one of the Catholic priests in Shekhar Kapur's excellent Elizabeth which was on over Christmas sometime.
~Silje~ · Member since
I thought of the Roald Dahl short story, Paul. But this one differs, it is in some ways even more creepy. I really admire your writing. :-)
Guy · Member since
An excellent story, but maybe you should change the title to something more "interesting", if you know what I mean :)
Taylor-Mayed · Member since
Yeah, I thought about the title but couldn't think of anything decent!
Read it out at the Creative Writing Society feedback meeting yesterday, and quite a few of the women there expressed unhappiness at the inherant - well, quite blatant, frankly - misogyny of the story. As well they should, I might add. It is quite a sexist story when it boils down to it, or rather it involves misogynystic characters, but that's the sort of story I wanted to tell. I wanted them to be grotesque men.
Any of the women who've read it here similarly unhappy?
~Silje~ · Member since
Unhappy? No. It's the whole point of the story, it's what makes it good! Any different, and it would not be the same. It would be worse.
nil · Member since
Bloody hell thats good!
I looked on your web site a while ago dude, keep it up!
