Harry Carton: Blog

This is a short story that's going to be posted in its entirety within a couple of weeks. It's short and it's weird... Teaser: "You knew that wolves set up a den in our woodshed and didn't want to mention it to your wife? The person who takes care of your son?" --- and that's the sane part. Hope you enjoy.

Some months ago, I started on a new story... "The Dragon." It's about... well, it's about 'not finished' because I've hit a dry spell in that story.

So... I started a new story, which doesn't even have a title yet, just initials, and my editor hasn't even got a sniff of it, cause I'm not sure where it's going. Yet.

SO... I wrote a little, bitty story that is so different for me, and from either of them that it kinda cleared my mind. Like lemon sorbet between courses of a gourmet's meal. That story was "Allie's Cucky."

I knew that it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea. But it was short, and had a little zippity do dah at the finish. It's also the lowest rated story I've ever put out. Not that I care about how something is rated. I just write what I write. I do LOOK at the ratings, so I must care a little, but not much. Maybe a 1 out of 10. LOL.

So, that's it. I just wanted to let y'all know wassup with 'Allie's Cucky.' I think I'll stay with the 'initials' story. It'll be a 'Io's universe' story. She's just awsome, yaknow?

It's hardly worth noticing it's so short. But I've written an ending and a ending redux to Troubador's How High a Price. Read it if you haven't.

If you don't like it, don't blame me. My muse, Erato, made me write it. It came into my head one night while I slept. Who can refuse to put something like THAT into pixels?

Sometimes you're writing along and them WHAMMO... The characters just do something, and then you're out of control. It seemed so easy and natural ... It was the only logical next step, but it wasn't what you had in mind for the story.

Well... that is where Shakespeare is now. By "now" I mean: where I am in the writing of it. I've posted chapter 9 to SOL, but of course, I'm several chapters farther down the line. You'll see it, I'm sure when the posting schedule gets there. And chapter 13 is the far end of the tunnel...

I'm going to have to really work to resolve this.

Just know that it was THEM who did it, not me.

That may not make any sense to non-author readers, but 'tis true ne'rtheless.

Today, I begin the tale of Shakespeare. He is The Bard of his people. It is the story of how he and his people interact with some aliens who have some strange ideas ... they call themselves 'humans.'

It will have weekly installments, and I'll leave the voting open so all the haters and lovers out there can feel free to cut loose. Personally, I won't care (much).

HC