Comments | chaotic_angel: Words

chaotic_angel

Words

Jan 04, 2007 03:17

I reached into the mailbox today, and I lost my arm.

I opened the little door on the front of the black box, and peeked inside. Yep, the mail lady had come. So, I reached inside, like I do everyday, when SNAP! The door slammed shut and severed my right arm. In shock, I opened the door back up and looked. Nope. No arm. No blood. Just ( Read more... )

creativity, writing exercise, prose

Comments 9

little_deer January 4 2007, 10:40:23 UTC

*smiles* and she calls it exercise. *shakes head* Babe, you know I'm a book junkie and I want you to know this really does sound like it came out of a horror/sci-fi anthology. I found this via someone else's LJ and thought you might be interested in submitting your "exercises" as flash podcasts, it does not pay much, but it would be getting paid for your "exercises" :-) http://pseudopod.org/guidelines/ besides I kind of liked the name, and thought I should share that with you. :-)

chaotic_angel January 4 2007, 15:29:23 UTC

hmm.. I'll have to check it out.

aneyah January 4 2007, 16:57:48 UTC

Babe, it took you somewhere weird and creepy and I loved it.

chaotic_angel January 5 2007, 06:50:01 UTC

*smile*

Thanks!

5yearcheddar January 4 2007, 18:19:47 UTC

Best smile I've had in weeks. Very nice. You do have skills.

Might explain why I lost one of my hind teeth a while back.. lol

chaotic_angel January 5 2007, 06:49:49 UTC

Thank you, hon.

so_zanie January 4 2007, 20:59:31 UTC

It's good. I like the sense of disorientation. It reminds me a little bit of a Daphne DuMaurier story called The Blue Lenses, which is in a collection her short stories called "The Breaking Point".

chaotic_angel January 5 2007, 06:49:40 UTC

Thank you. I love watching where the story goes, since I had no idea until the end, lol.

troll_boy January 5 2007, 14:26:38 UTC

Nice. This one rates as truly creepy on the "Troll-boy Creepy-o-meter".