[30 Days of Fic - Day 28] - "Back to School"

There is nothing more off-putting than ones first time experiencing a video feed. The feed from Professor Karl Strauss-Vasquez' class was not the first that I had tuned into over the course of my investigations, but it was different from others I had tapped into throughout my career. Strauss-Vasquez was one of the foremost authorities in Biological Computing and his lectures here at the Academy were broadcast to universities across the world. He was something of a superstar scientist and it showed in the way that the Academy presented him.

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Today's 30 Days of Fic task was to write a scene using the prompt: 'overhearing a conversation'

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[30 Days of Fic - Day 29] - "Spirit Guide"

Essie ran like she'd never run before.

Outside the cabin where the terrible men had kept her in bondage since stealing her out of her own home, the rain was starting to come down in sheets. It took her a moment to register the cold and the wet, or even to realize that it was nighttime. The horror of her experience and fear of ever going back there pushed her on and on. An unkempt backyard gave way to woodland and woodland to dense forest.

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Today's 30 Days of Fic task was to write a scene scene about a [person] and their [animal]

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[30 Days of Fic - Day 30] "Regrets"

"It's like something out of a bad soap opera," Jackie quipped from the back seat with all the bravado of a teenager.

"Is there such a thing as a good soap opera?" Her mother Carolyn replied, trying to head the rest of the conversation off at the pass, knowing how it had gone when she had it with Tom.

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This marks the 30th (and final) '30 Days of Fic' story. The task was to write a scene saying "good bye."

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[30 Days of Fic] Completion

Hey all!

I have finally completed the initial 30 Days of Fiction meme from ravenswept. Not everything is perfect, but if it was, what fun would that be? Below are links to all the different stories written as a part of this challenge with both DreamWidth and LiveJournal links for everything. Thank you for reading and for all your support through all this.

A little bit on dreaded numbers, because I think it's interesting to look at. The 30 Entries (stripped of titling and everything extraneous) total out to 15,871 words. To a large extent, I failed at the challenge as it was SUPPOSED to be within 50 words of 250 (Which I was only able to do 10% of the time). Using my math skills, I averaged just more than 529 words per story, though the three longest stories account for 4021 words, just over a quarter of the lot. Without those words, the rest average out to about 439 words.

The shortest entry is #3, but the shortest story is one of my favorites (dead heat between how fun it was to write and how extreme the reactions were to it) #8 "Gone" clocking in at 251 words (also one of only two stories where I stuck the dismount on the length).

The longest entry is the last, #30 "Regrets" which came in at a whopping 1761 words.

Over the course of the meme, I created three distinct universe to play in.

1. Kingdom's Fall - A contemporary Faerie setting (Stories 1, 7, 11 and 15 as well as another non 30 days story)
2. An as yet unnamed low/medieval fantasy setting (Stories 4 and 6)
3. Century City - Cyberpunk Noir stories told from the perspective of Covert Information Acquisition Specialist Jackson Altair (Stories 25, 27 and 28)

I've also had the pleasure of playing in a few of Lyn Thorne-Alder's (aldersprig ) worlds.

1. Tir Na Cali - As part of a five part series between both of us for this meme (Stories 18, 19 and 20 for me, 18 and 19 for her, to be read in numerical order, starting with mine)
2. Addergoole - Story number 22 is an off-screen scene linked to some role playing being done in that world that includes my character getting the shit kicked out of him.

And now the warning; as part of this task, some of the stories written are not necessarily appropriate for a younger audience or for the workplace. They may include some triggery elements including extreme physical abuse, human trafficking/slavery, nudity and mind control. They primarily include stories 13, 19, 20 and 22. In addition, stories 1 and 18 have very minor elements of the same.

Finally, thank you for reading, and for those of you who are interested, stay tuned to this space, as Lynnie and I are putting together thirty more prompts because clearly we are not sane.

Thanks again, and enjoy!!!

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