9:00 PM, Tuesday evening. I知 feeling a bit worn out, a bit faded-through...but it is Spring-time, and there are bright things to look forward to.
I知 looking forward to getting down to the beach again this year with my mom and dad. To work my toes into the sand, smell the air, feel the sun痴 heat. That is always a good time for me. I知 looking forward to the deeper days of Spring, too. Flowers are already opening; soon there will be more. And the new green of leaves, again. The lifting of the sky into blue bright days. The warming of the air. I知 looking forward to the weekend. To seeing Kelli and my friends. Spending open-ended time with people I love. Making good memories.
And I知 looking forward to seeing my short story, "Bad Animals" published on the SCI FICTION website. That moment is only a few hours away -- some of the others are a bit further. It is nice getting to them all -- and finding unexpected pleasures along the way.
All these good moments, all these pretty hours -- they make the worn-through ones slip by more smoothly.
Here痴 to the bright things we all look forward to...
--- JWR, 4/3/01
"Bad Animals"
...is (hopefully) an atmospheric, surreal story about two sisters living in a radically-altered world. I pictured it in very visual ways when I first wrote it. (And the thing about the fireflies is very nearly true...)
You can read the story for free in the SCI FICTION archives.
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