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Posted in 7 days commentary, fiction, writing on Apr 28th, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 17 – Forward to Part 19 The story Jon tells Furball about the high school being based off a prison design is a true story. Replace me with Jon and Rockcrest with some random school in BF Missouri, and the story more or less holds. It was [...]
Posted in 7 Days in November, fiction, writing on Apr 27th, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 17 – Forward to Part 19 When it came to schools, the group was divided down the middle; during the day, half of the group never saw the other. The division was there because that’s how it happened, and, despite this division, everything worked out fine. Furball [...]
Posted in 7 days commentary, fiction, writing on Apr 23rd, 2009
I stayed up late last night playing with this: It’s my own zine devoted to 7 Days. I actually really enjoyed the process, figuring out the layout, picking out which of my crappy doodles I was going to use for image fillers. The Flash interface takes a little bit of getting used to — it’s [...]
Posted in 7 Days in November, 7 days commentary, fiction, writing on Apr 21st, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 16 — Forward to Part 18 You know, if you were made just a little uncomfortable by this scene, I think I’d forgive you. There’s a lot happening here: Bourbon kissed Bryan. Bryan and Bourbon are, albeit platonically, sharing a bed. Bourbon has admitted he is somewhat [...]
Posted in 7 Days in November, fiction, writing on Apr 20th, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 16 — Forward to Part 18 Bourbon turned as Bryan’s window slid open. Someone climbed through, moving with practice. They closed the window behind them. Bourbon watched, fully alert, not moving. The person turned and moved forward, stopping in the doorway between Bryan’s room and his bathroom. [...]
Posted in 7 days commentary, fiction, writing on Apr 14th, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 15 – Forward to Part 17 Featuring Bourbon and his weak-ass punch. Though, to be fair, his heart wasn’t really in it. The Unix house has something most houses I’ve been to don’t have: an open door policy. TJ seems to have made a decision long ago [...]
Posted in 7 Days in November, fiction, writing on Apr 13th, 2009
Bourbon stumbled out of his room and yawned. It was well past three in the afternoon, and he didn’t care. He made his way across the basement, stopping to turn off the TV before he made his way up the steps. He stopped. He hadn’t been watching TV earlier in the day, — mostly, he slept. He turned back to the couch.
“Hey,” he said.
Bryan lay on his side on the couch, remote in hand. He watched Bourbon. He looked just a bit annoyed.
Posted in 7 days commentary, fiction, writing on Apr 7th, 2009
“Go the fuck outside!”
Posted in 7 Days in November, fiction, writing on Apr 6th, 2009
Back before Furball had even toured Cherrywood, someone had planted a memorial garden. The garden was the last reminder of a teacher, or a student, or a coach — Furball had never checked the name on the plaque. Bryan led Ty down to the garden, Furball following close behind, and they sat on one of the benches around the monument. Ty didn’t say anything for a while, she just hunched over, letting out a whimper every so often. Bryan kept close to her, watching for anyone coming their way. He rubbed Ty’s back in slow circles.
