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Building Three, Episode 12 of 100

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

This is But One Fragment Five Hundred Words Long Constituting Part of Something Much Larger, With At Least One New Episode Per Week, And May Be What We Call A Serialized Novella.
“Timo has been missing for a few days.” I interrupt Nusci as she fills the air between us with trivialities. The thought had been [...]

Another Serial Novella Week Off Challenge

Monday, August 11th, 2008

In follow up to the Short Story Roundup from late last week… As FRINGE WEEK approaches and I split my time between a waft of insane volunteering and a smattering of R&R, I thought I’d toss out another self-mutilating challenge towards my novella project, particularly considering I’ve been lax the last couple weeks with [...]

Short Story Round Up

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

I tag-lined this blog (for twelve months, at least) with the claim that my ever-growing blog, this what you are reading now, bradgarten is “where 2008 is the year of the short story.” And while many of you have been keenly keeping up with the more non-fiction content posted, I’m never certain whether anyone is [...]

Building Three, Episode 11 of 100

Friday, July 25th, 2008

This is But One Fragment Five Hundred Words Long Constituting Part of Something Much Larger, With At Least One New Episode Per Week, And May Be What We Call A Serialized Novella.
Had that been advice? Or a threat?
That word. I am distracted, lost in thought, as I round the corner leaving Erikstrassa and [...]

Building Three, Episode 10 of 100

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

This is But One Fragment Five Hundred Words Long Constituting Part of Something Much Larger, With At Least One New Episode Per Week, And May Be What We Call A Serialized Novella.
Sixday eve and Timo is still missing. I wasn’t counting, but that makes five days with no word. And the odd thing [...]

Building Three, Episode 9 of 100

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

This is But One Fragment Five Hundred Words Long Constituting Part of Something Much Larger, With At Least One New Episode Per Week, And May Be What We Call A Serialized Novella.
Zech corners me on the way into the lab. Zech, and his slicked, needle-striped hair are unavoidable as I walk across the front [...]

Building Three, Episode 8 of 100

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

This is But One Fragment Five Hundred Words Long Constituting Part of Something Much Larger, With At Least One New Episode Per Week, And May Be What We Call A Serialized Novella.
I hate this city. Beyond this window is a four-storey drop to the alley where a service bot is sweeping. Beyond this window [...]

Building Three, Episode 7 of 100

Monday, July 21st, 2008

This is But One Fragment Five Hundred Words Long Constituting Part of Something Much Larger, With At Least One New Episode Per Week, And May Be What We Call A Serialized Novella.
Nacks gets really quiet for most of the next day because Timo is still missing. She tells us that she had stopped at his [...]

Promises, Promises…

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Didn’t I tell you what this whole sporadic writing thing would be about? Oh, well then…
Here’s the thing. Every time I get a few days off — as is the case in the coming week — I like to set some goals for myself. I know I have been quite random in [...]

Building Three, Episode 6 of 100

Monday, July 7th, 2008

This is But One Fragment Five Hundred Words Long Constituting Part of Something Much Larger, With At Least One New Episode Per Week, And May Be What We Call A Serialized Novella.
Timo doesn’t show up for work today and my chance to tell sympathetic coworkers about my perplexing visit with Nusci is thwarted by a [...]

Building Three, Episode 5 of 100

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

This is But One Fragment Five Hundred Words Long Constituting Part of Something Much Larger, With At Least One New Episode Per Week, And May Be What We Call A Serialized Novella.
I’ve ordered a tall glass of cold ginger tea imported, as Nusci tells me, from the plantations around the Greenshales. “If you only knew [...]

Building Three, Episode 4 of 100

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

This is But One Fragment Five Hundred Words Long Constituting Part of Something Much Larger, With At Least One New Episode Per Week, And May Be What We Call A Serialized Novella.
I’m waiting for Nusci in the High Street, sitting on a stone bench just across from Dragon’s Teahouse. The famed establishment is located in [...]

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