The Writer's Noose is a short story in weblog format. It was presented on the sly in the tradition of War of the Worlds. Some regular readers of Snooze Button Dreams were aware that it was a work of fiction but the majority of commenters on that site were honestly unaware. Of the authors and commenters there, Chuck, Burger Queen, Alan and Becky were my characters. All of the others were readers.

Start at the beginning and read on through. I hope you enjoy the story as much as I enjoyed writing it.

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Posted by: Jim at 09:31 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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I caught a fairy. A freaking fairy, can you believe it? Nasty looking thing, too. Two feet tall, scaly skin, big floppy ears, slanted eyes and a mouth full of teeth that could shred a side of beef in seconds. Freaking pirranha teeth. "You know, fairies can skeletonize a cow in 15 seconds" teeth. It's sitting over there right now staring at me and gnashing those rippers. Freaking unnerving, man.

You don't believe me? Guess I can't blame you. You don't know me from Adam after all and this isn't exactly the most commonplace thing in the world. A literal fairy tale with me as the main character and no idea how the story ends. Except that fairy tales have an annoying tendency to end with BAD THINGS happening to Joe Hero so I'm not all that happy to be cast in the role. Okay then, fair's fair. I'll give you the 411 and then you can activate your suspension of disbelief for my benefit and your edification. more...

Posted by: Jim at 08:57 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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1 so far, so good

Posted by: Ted at October 14, 2003 09:11 AM (bov8n)

2 I am impressed. You can blog, you can write short stories, and you can suck cows off. I liked it. Keep 'em coming. And I am going to plaguerize "writer's noose" from you. Hope you don't mind!

Posted by: Helen at October 14, 2003 10:49 AM (ADrg6)

3 Glad y'all are enjoying it. I used to write quite a bit but that slowed down after a certain nightmarish professor put the whammy on me and then close to disappeared after having kids. I hope "plaguerize" was a typo and not a Freudian slip. LOL

Posted by: Jim at October 14, 2003 11:10 AM (IOwam)

4 Oops. Stupid Helen. Stupid stupid!

Posted by: H at October 14, 2003 11:35 AM (ADrg6)

5 Normally, if a story starts with a description of a fairy, I'm bailing by the second paragraph--but this is good. You have me wondering what happens, anyway; does that count?

Posted by: ilyka at October 15, 2003 02:53 AM (b0Boo)

6 I'm generally the same way, Ilyka. That's because the "modern" fairy is a cute little thing with gossamer wings or a pot belly and a pipe. The legends of the unseelie wights are absolutely nothing like the Disneyfied crap that the world has been subjected to for the past 50 years. I'm a traditionalist. >

Posted by: Jim at October 15, 2003 06:41 AM (IOwam)

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