This was the result of another class project. I was never completely satisfied with the project as a whole, but I do love the logo I created to go with it . When The Flaming Coal Mine found its way into the short story I started writing this weekend, it reminded me that I wanted to post the logo here.

The story, titled Prudent Paul’s Prophecy Emporium, is a satire inspired by recent discussions of fantasy genre clichés. The draft so far revolves around young Zed Granger, an lowly fry cook at The Flaming Coal Mine. A wizard comes to tell Zed that he is, of course, The Chosen One. Zed refuses to go on the inevitable “quest to save the world from the nameless evil,” and instead sets out to find out what idiot “chose” him, and why

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Topics: Logos, School, WIP

The good news is that the weekend was productive. I hammered out a 3k+ word short story titled “Clovis. ” It’s a homage to Little Shop of Horrors, with a strong influence from Confederacy of Dunces. Try to imagine if Ignatius J. Reilly was a crazy dog lady. I’ll put up an excerpt after I’ve done some editing.

The bad news is that I received the umpteenth rejection for “The Bleam Corp Chili Cook-Off.” This is the first story I ever had the Cojones to submit for publication, so I’m not that surprised. I may decide to post it here. It has its flaws, and it’s clearly not up to traditional publishing standards, but what’s the Internet good for, if not for publishing the unpublishable?

Then again, do I want to display my failed fiction to potential agents or publishers? That is assuming I may one day be lucky enough to lure one such as they to my Podunk corner of the web. I may just retire it to the neither regions of my hard drive. I’ll have to think on the matter.

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Topics: Rejection, WIP, Writing