Vanessa looked at herself in the hairdresser’s mirror, watching a pile of foils accumulate on her head. Earlier that day, she had decided to fix the problem. Remembering how once upon a time she had inadvertently caused a few people, i.e., her boyfriend and a couple of random losers, some problems by doing a little … Continue reading Chapter 6 of Something: hair today, gone tomorrow.
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Ch 5 something: Natalie’s plan
“Doo doo doo….” Natalie hummed as she put her face up to the bathroom mirror and dragged black eyeshadow across her lid. “Doo….Doo—” she rubbed it underneath her bottom lashes—“Duh duh duh” went the last coating of shadow before it was time for liner and four or five coats of mascara. Why try and hide … Continue reading Ch 5 something: Natalie’s plan
Ch 4 of something: Chad gets his own bachelor pad
By noon, Chad was fully refreshed and ready to call the landlord's number on the slip he tore from the ad at the pool hall the night before. Wearing only his boxers, he lay on his couch with his feet up on the back and dialed the phone. When the phone was finally picked up, … Continue reading Ch 4 of something: Chad gets his own bachelor pad
something ch 3 something: A day late and a dollar short, oh whatever.
Leaves scuttled across the empty street as Mikhail walked along the side with his head down and collar of his threadbare jacket turned up. Evening's arrival was early. He went to a bar where they didn’t know him too well and sat in the corner with his face on the sticky table, ignoring his drink. … Continue reading something ch 3 something: A day late and a dollar short, oh whatever.
Something something chapter 2: The Closet
Vanessa moved the phone to her other ear and rolled over on her bed. “Brad! Please!” she giggled. “You can’t say stuff like that! At least not over the phone.” She was too busy giggling to notice her door open before her sister, Tiffany, marched over and yanked the phone out of her hand. “Hi … Continue reading Something something chapter 2: The Closet
Ch 1. Something something
The hotly anticipated sequel to last summer's blockbuster hit, "High School Ritual," has finally arrived! Listen, I'm the doing the best I can here, and if that means recycling material and posting without a title, Oh well! I had a bad day at work, not the least because I didn't know the P.A. overhead of … Continue reading Ch 1. Something something
Apologies in advance.
And a few random craps™. September brings what every person on the Internet waits for, the global event called "SepSceneWriMo." I am apologizing in advance because I'll be posting pretty much every day, at least if I can get my act together. Further apology is that I have nothing original to offer and it's going … Continue reading Apologies in advance.
Ch 30. High School Ritual: Epilogue (SepSceneWriMo)
Four high school students encounter an evil spirit. Thoroughly cliched and hopelessly derivative. Once we got home, Natalie told me everything I missed. The rest of it I pieced together myself. Sadly, I couldn’t tell her about my own adventures, because I don’t have the ability to do so in this dimension. I must say, … Continue reading Ch 30. High School Ritual: Epilogue (SepSceneWriMo)
Ch 29. High School Ritual: The Sacrifice (SepSceneWriMo)
Four high school students encounter an evil spirit. Thoroughly cliched and hopelessly derivative. The flame steadily grew in size while Natalie, Vanessa, and Mikhail stared at it. Chadworth, on the other hand, was absorbed in scratching out some calculations in the ashes. He got up and paced back and forth. “I have been studying quantum … Continue reading Ch 29. High School Ritual: The Sacrifice (SepSceneWriMo)
Ch 28. High School Ritual: Reunion (SepSceneWriMo)
Four high school students encounter an evil spirit. Thoroughly cliched and hopelessly derivative. Natalie did not know if she lay there for hours or only minutes. She thought about the hospital. She, at least, had had hope of getting out, unlike many of the inmates. Why lose hope now? So she stood up and resumed … Continue reading Ch 28. High School Ritual: Reunion (SepSceneWriMo)
Ch 27. High School Ritual: Lost and Found (SepSceneWriMo)
Four high school students encounter an evil spirit. Thoroughly cliched and hopelessly derivative. Mikhail’s father paused by Mikhail's bedroom in the morning, carrying his mug of coffee in one hand and a newspaper under his other arm. The kid hadn’t even bothered to get up for school. No wonder he didn’t make it through a … Continue reading Ch 27. High School Ritual: Lost and Found (SepSceneWriMo)
Ch 26. High School Ritual: Final Preparations (SepSceneWriMo)
Four high school students encounter an evil spirit. Thoroughly cliched and hopelessly derivative. Vanessa sat at her vanity table with her usual arrangement of the items required by the ritual, although she had since invested in higher quality stones and incense. She stared at herself in the mirror and brushed her hair for a moment. … Continue reading Ch 26. High School Ritual: Final Preparations (SepSceneWriMo)
Ch 25. High School Ritual: Up in Flames (SepSceneWriMo)
Four high school students encounter an evil spirit. Thoroughly cliched and hopelessly derivative. Chadworth’s stepmother picked him up from the hospital in his own Corvette. He barely said hello; he only opened the driver’s side door for her to get out so he could drive. He dropped her off and sped away. With both hands … Continue reading Ch 25. High School Ritual: Up in Flames (SepSceneWriMo)
Ch 24. High School Ritual: Home Sweet Home (SepSceneWriMo)
Four high school students encounter an evil spirit. Thoroughly cliched and hopelessly derivative. When Natalie's seventy-two hour hold ended, her mother picked her up from the hospital. She handed Natalie her bag and they checked out, not without prescriptions they had no intention of filling. Natalie turned her drained face to the sun and closed … Continue reading Ch 24. High School Ritual: Home Sweet Home (SepSceneWriMo)
Ch 23. High School Ritual: A Change of Plans (SepSceneWriMo)
Four high school students encounter an evil spirit. Thoroughly cliched and hopelessly derivative. Vanessa hopped across the baseball field on the foot wearing a shoe. But the shoe had a heel and she tipped over into the dirt when she bent over to pick up the other shoe. She sat on the ground and pulled … Continue reading Ch 23. High School Ritual: A Change of Plans (SepSceneWriMo)
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