How to Hide Your Heart
My story, How to Hide Your Heart, is up at Strange Horizons:
He barely notices Beth in the bar, thin as a stick, clothes—oh, Jesus, her clothes—too-small cotton blouse with faded calico flowers, brown knit pants that slop over thick-soled black shoes. She has straw-colored hair pulled back flat with metal barrettes, a faded plain face that doesn't show well alongside the other girls she's with.
[I had other updates of interest I was going to post with this, but now have forgotten what they were. So...hmmm, possibly they weren't all that interesting.]
Comments
I very much enjoyed this story. Wonderful writing.
Posted by: Jeremiah Tolbert | January 21, 2008 12:22 PM
:-) Thanks!
Glad you liked it. And thanks for dropping by to let me know!
Posted by: Deb | January 21, 2008 12:48 PM
Yes -- this story hooked me from the get-go, and I wanted more. Where's the novel version? :)
Posted by: Mike Jasper | January 21, 2008 01:41 PM
Thanks! And thanks for stopping by.
--Where's the novel version? :)--
Haha! I actually have a sequence of about five stories that I'd like to write with these characters. I have the next one almost/ sort of/ really close to finished if I just got busy and finished it :-)
Posted by: Deb | January 21, 2008 02:11 PM
Hi. I just wanted to stop by and let you know that I really enjoyed this story. It's great to hear that there are more stories about the Things out there...
Posted by: carrie | January 21, 2008 06:07 PM
Hi. I just wanted to stop by and let you know that I really enjoyed this story. It's great to hear that there are more stories about the Things out there...
Posted by: carrie | January 21, 2008 06:10 PM
Carrie,
Thanks for dropping by!
And thanks for letting me know that you liked the story.
Posted by: Deb | January 21, 2008 10:23 PM
I read your story on Strange Horizons, good stuff. I enjoyed it a lot.
Posted by: rcloenen-ruiz | January 31, 2008 04:33 AM
Thanks!
Posted by: debco | January 31, 2008 05:50 AM