Cia

My freshman year at college was a lot different than I’d expected. Living away from home was a whole new world that I was excitedly exploring. But then the world was supposed to end yesterday on the last day of the Mayan calendar. My mom had gone a little nuts and insisted that I come home for the weekend ‘to be with the family’. I had to skip my biology lecture but I was passing the class with an A so I wasn’t worried about missing anything. I could always get a copy of my friend Taylor’s notes

A new gun. A new world. How will Vance adjust to his new reality?

You speak in generalizations, and I find this one quite rude and misinformed. You do realize there are all types of people out there and saying statements like this, or your comments regarding Asperbergers, are ridiculous. A person who suffers from a mental condition (sorry-corrected due to improper designation and terminology) does not automatically lash out in violence. Additionally, out of the incredibly large group of gun owners few actually commit these types of crimes. Those who wish to hurt others with a weapon WILL find a way to do so. I grew up with unlocked guns and I never shot anyone unprovoked or decided to go on a killing spree. Neither did anyone else in my family. Or my husband's family. Access to legally owned guns is not the be all and end all factor in a killer deciding to kill. How many people are stabbed to death? Should we lock up knives too? Should a parent have to hide the keys to the weapon they keep for hunting, or protection, from their child who is AN ADULT? Stop and think about what you say, or repeat, before you post it next time.

Happy Birthday Jan!!!

Happy Birthday hun! I hope you've had a wonderful day.

The Mayan calendar was different from ours, right? So why would their 'end date' still end up being 12-21-12? Its a bunch of hooey!

None of us can tell you what your friend is or isn't. Yes, the actions all seem like someone who is gay, but in denial. Or just stretching to see how it feels to act on his feelings-to see how genuine they are. You don't know, and we don't know either. Being a teenager is all about figuring out who and what you really are, and sexuality is part of that. You have to decide what you are willing to risk-him no longer doing the actions he's doing (snuggling/kissing/ect) and his friendship because the only way to really know is sitting down and coming straight out and just asking what is going on. I'm a firm advocate of communication, because that is the only way to maintain healthy relationships, be they between friends or partners. Either way, good luck with whatever you decide to do.

Not really fond of The Christmas Story and pretty much all the classic movies but the clay-mations and the cartoons are good. I liked the Home Alone's and Santa Claus movies when I was a kid. My hubby loves Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and he has the kids watching it 3-4 times a season. That's enough to turn me into a Grinch. LOL

Aliens, angst, a romance brewing ... what's not to love? You've read my stuff, so you know I'm into this type of story, and I really enjoyed reading it for the mod queue this morning. The glimpses you let us see of the two cultures you showed so far were interesting. Very 'full' so that we got a quick overall picture but without too many details all at once. I really appreciate that style of writing as it feels the most organic. Often fantasy stories can leave a reader confused in the beginning-with little understanding of the cultures they are dropped into but that wasn't the case here. So very well done. You do have a few writing typos, but those are easy fixes and don't detract from the story. Thanks for sharing and I hope you update soon!

Great post James!

A wonderfully erudite explanation on an interesting grammar quirk. I love reading these sorts of things, even if they don't stick with me when writing all the time and I break the rules. I don't know that Word has ever smacked me on this issue, so I'd never really thought about it. I don't think I use split infinitives much, or if I do, my Word version isn't quite as smart as yours! LOL

Well this was always intended to be a very short story. I'm not quite sure what you felt was weak... the journey? The battle? It's hard for me; I have stories that I prefer to have as shorts but I know they could easily become novellas or larger. There's always some details that I could have shown that I can't in order to keep it short. However, I'm still glad you enjoyed the story and thanks so much for reviewing!

Thank you Layla. That is the way I prefer to have stories I read, so I strive to allow each story to sort of tell itself in the details that appear naturally. I'm glad it actually works like that for readers! sorry I missed this comment last week!

"Did you dream?" I nodded. All the knowledge of my past cycles had combined into one startling moment of realization at what I had to do. We were facing Cronus, Titan of Time. I'd expected him in this last cycle. Defeating time ... a trick wouldn't save us, not like when I'd forced Oceanus to follow me as I flew on the back of Tek's eagle into a desert, depriving him of his salt water until his powers weakened enough to kill him. Iapetus controlled the lifespan of humans. He must have been th

Thanks Ashi, I was trying really hard to not make it overt, but I wanted that vibe of his 'Don't wanna grow up' mentality to be strong in the story. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Well anything he wills comes to be; anything he wants happens. He gave them bodies ... maybe he could give them powers too? Hmm ... okay, so maybe this won't be the end, lol. It's so hard to write short stories lately; everything can be built on. Thanks for reading, and commenting, Dolores.

Thank Ramon! I don't plan on continuing this... but we'll never know? Right. Maybe sometime in the future. Thanks for the review.

You know, my first thought was damn it, those guys deserve more shit to happen to them. And where's the good stuff for the good guy after he faces down all the homophobic crap. Then I realized, your story holds way more to reality than most fiction. Life isn't all dramatic events being this huge thing and justice taking place, bad guys locked up or killed, and the good guy getting a sweet life as reward. Sometimes it's not that big of a deal. I like that your story was like that, so thanks for writing and sharing it Bill!

Baring that much of yourself takes guts. I wish you the best as you move away from your past and into your future in a new place. Just ... you can't outrun memories, you know? It's not always the place, or the person, that makes something hard. We do it to ourselves, not always because of actions we took, but because we are conditioned to do so. I would hope that your end is not desperate, though.

Well my dream was only of being called, not who did it or what happened to Lucas. But there are many theories about the realm of dreams, so who knows? Perhaps our creative conciousnesses brushed against each other while we weren't paying attention! LOL

LOL! I know, it's spooky doing that. Thanks for reading Joann, and I'm glad you loved the story. I wonder what would happen if he came around too ... what is real? Is the magic? Is it the world his father is pushing on him? Is it all a dream? *shrugs* I don't know now, but we'll see, maybe I'll write more Lucas' story.

Wouldn't we all? Or to have clothes fit perfectly? (short legs makes jean shopping into the bane of my existence, lol). I loved the idea of creating a world with all the favorite elements of my imagination. It intrigued me then and I'm still thinking about it. Of course, when writing I can do that in some ways, but I want to be able to actually DO it. The next best thing was to get a character to do it, I guess. Thanks for the review Wildone!

Ahh, but is your sleep empty? Reality is a matter of perception; what is 'real' to one is not real to another sometimes. There is much that isn't known, and what happens to some people when they are not present but not dead is a mystery. The true question is this ... was Lucas really called somewhere magical or is it all just the dreams of an oxygen starved mind desperately trying to re-make connections? Thanks for reading Percy! I love writing fantasy, so it's always good to hear the imagination I employ is appreciated!

I don't know that the Dad was an absent parent-but he certainly wasn't in tune with his son. Lucas is certainly creating his own world right now. Thanks for the review Comicfan!

As GA is a 'gay site' the first time I read through this I thought a love triangle, 3 guys. Then, as I went through it again, I could see how the only description you give of 'I'-you even without the name-is of the character's favorite shoes. Now high tops are not girly, but my fav pair of shoes is a pair of men's tan hiking boots. So... yeah, this could so easily be a girl who thought her boyfriend's best friend was just his friend and comes to realize that she was a beard the whole time. The dual nature of the story's interpretation was quite interesting. No matter what way you see the story I think one line summed up the character's situation, "I had been in the dark for far too long." Wonderfuly by-play, Ashi, and a great start to your hopefully many submissions to the anthologies.