Maleghast's posted comments

  1. On Black Jack at Lunchtime.:

    posted about 20 hours ago

    Er… Not exactly no… David is a journo, and the reference is to the ‘story’ that he is working on, that is described as ‘personal’ is about Olga’s untimely demise. It is all supposed to be suggested, but perhaps it is not suggested strongly enough..?

  2. On Suicide Bombers:

    posted 1 day ago

    Hello cloister – thanks very much for your kind words.

    I may well write a sequel to this at some point, but it won’t be this month; it needs time to percolate.

  3. On Master and Servant:

    posted 1 day ago

    Thanks, both of you… And yeah, is this Historical or Future? Good question, what do you think?

  4. On Suicide Bombers:

    posted 2 days ago

    Thanks very much y’all – glad that you like it :-)

  5. On Between the Lines:

    posted 4 days ago

    Your wish is my command ;-) (Well just this once anyway… I don’t normally do sequels to my own stuff)

  6. On Tear in the Desert:

    posted 7 days ago

    Thanks very much both of you :-)

    I am working on a book, but I am finding it hard to find the time to really make serious progress; there are plans in place to take a chunk of time off work next year in order to make some big in-roads…

  7. On Release:

    posted 12 days ago

    Thanks very much, glad it came across :-)

  8. On Amnesty:

    posted 17 days ago

    Thanks, all of you, for your very kind comments. I have to be honest I almost never sequel my own stuff (I’ve done it once and that was a planned story told from two perspectives, one after the other). Seeing as this site is in part about collaboration, why don’t y’all sequel this one? I would love to see what you guys might come up with in that regard.

  9. On Age Versus Hope:

    posted 20 days ago

    Thanks very much CerscentDreams, glad that you like :-)

  10. On Head:

    posted 21 days ago

    Well, thanks Krulltar – clearly you get what I was going for, so perhaps it is not a wasted attempt, just another one to chalk up to “can’t please everyone all the time’.

  11. On Head:

    posted 21 days ago

    Interesting comments, and thanks for your honesty. I use this site to explore writing and sometimes that means just writing what’s in my mind at the time, to see if I can bring it across. Clearly this did not work, I will have a re-think…

  12. On Morning 'W':

    posted 24 days ago

    Thanks very much Insert Pen Name Here.

    This ficlet is inspired by the morning routine of a friend in San Francisco, that I am visiting at the moment, so I am especially glad that you like it :-)

  13. On Memories of the Bay:

    posted 24 days ago

    Thanks people, really glad that you liked it :) THX 0477 is right however, I rarely sequel my own stuff and this is not going to be one of them… Sorry :/

  14. On Tacking:

    posted about 1 month ago

    This story was inspired by the following photograph on Flickr:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharkbait/2467654438/

  15. On In the Eye of the Beholder:

    posted about 1 month ago

    Thanks very much Krulltar – glad that you like :-)

  16. On Morning Message:

    posted about 1 month ago

    I love it, thanks so much for the sequel :-)

    As Ana Cristina says above, I particularly like that you shifted the first person perspective to Sara; really nice touch.

  17. On My Smile is my Make-up...:

    posted 2 months ago

    Is that better guys?

    Thanks for letting me know :-)

  18. On Piper at the Gates of Dusk:

    posted 2 months ago

    Wow THX 0477…

    That’s a helluva nice thing to say – thanks very much :-)

  19. On Shooting Nerves:

    posted 2 months ago

    Thanks very much THX 0477…

    As you will hopefully see from the sequel there is an undercurrent of conflict, a sense of impending doom or trouble that I was trying to put across. Hopefully it’s enough of a surprise to still be interesting :-)

  20. On The Bargain:

    posted 2 months ago

    Hello there Six Feet Under The Stars…

    Time period is an interesting one with this ficlet, and to an extent it’s not relevant… Let’s just say that time and / or period is not the same where this is set and that there are clues to the where if you can find them… ;-)

    Thanks for stopping by…

  21. On Southbound on the Bakerloo:

    posted 2 months ago

    FWIW, it is the same Serena, yes.

    Thanks for your kind words – they mean a lot :-)

  22. On Shivers:

    posted 3 months ago

    You are waaaay off Fantasy, but that’s not a problem, because this site is (partly) about other people picking up one’s ideas and running with them. Thanks for stopping by :-)

  23. On Shivers:

    posted 3 months ago

    You are waaaay off Fantasy, but that’s not a problem, because this site is (partly) about other people picking up one’s ideas and running with them. Thanks for stopping by :-)

  24. On Epiphany:

    posted 3 months ago

    Heya Kermigorf… Thanks for the “wow” :-) Is it really that porny? I figured it was the kind of episode one might find in a book outside of the erotica section, but maybe I’m off the mark..?

  25. On "Stay Steady, Folks, We're Experiencing Some Air Turbulence.":

    posted 3 months ago

    Oh Bravo! And thanks for writing a prequel :-)

    I particularly like the God and rattle riff – really evocative imagery there. applause

  26. On Proposal:

    posted 3 months ago

    Heya THX 0477… I know what you mean, I’m not really happy with the speed at which it is over, but I ran out of characters and had neither the time to re-do it, nor the desire to take away from the existing ideas. Overall I’m happy with it as my ‘daily ficlet’, but it’s not my best…

  27. On Proposal:

    posted 3 months ago

    This Ficlet (as I plan to do every Friday) is inspired by a photograph from Flickr that is licensed under a compatible CC license to the one that all Ficlets are published under. If you would like to see the picture, please go to this address:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandaloo/2362890344/

  28. On If I had a photograph of you...:

    posted 3 months ago

    Hey Kermitgorf… I’m so sorry to hear that you have lost your mother; that is a real tragedy and one that I must admit I dread coming to me. I had the idea for this ficlet after watching “The Fountain” (a wonderful if very sad film by Darren Aronofsky). I tried to reach into myself and pull out the empathy I had for the situation in that film, and I got it in the end by trying to imagine how I would feel if I lost someone to death instead of a break-up. I hope that I never do; imagining it was enough.

  29. On If I had a photograph of you...:

    posted 3 months ago

    Hey there PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)... Thanks for stopping by. I don’t mean to make you (my readers) sad with this one, but at the same time, I am glad (no matter how that perverse that may sound) that the sadness works / comes across; I agonised over this one trying to get the tone right.

  30. On Aftershock:

    posted 3 months ago

    Heya Kermitgorf… I really wish that the people working on this site would make it possible to actually reply to comments so that I didn’t have to make these goofy greetings at the top of my replies. Anyway, thanks very much, I’m glad that the action comes across as much as the emotion; it was a tough goal to match up to when I had the idea.

  31. On Intruder:

    posted 3 months ago

    Heya Kermitgorf… WOW! That is an amazing thing you said to me there. I really cannot tell you how amazing that made me feel when I read it. Thank you so much – I just hope I can continue to live up to such high praise… If I get some time tomorrow I will be looking through your stuff (have added you as a contact), but once I’ve answered today’s comments I must go to bed; it’s nearly 2 a.m. here and I need to be up in 4.5 hours to get to my day job.

  32. On Intruder:

    posted 3 months ago

    Hey there JMSquire… Wow, that is cool – I love the idea that something I ‘put out there’ started someone off on a whole new ‘net journey; thanks for letting me know. And yeah, that is the best kind of black – I’m stoked that you agree :-)

  33. On If wishes were horses...:

    posted 3 months ago

    Hey (again) Kermitgorf… You do seem to get me – sex can be romantic and romance can be sexy. I’m glad that this one is not just working for me; gives me hope…

  34. On Of all the gin joints in all the world...:

    posted 3 months ago

    Hey there Kermitgorf… Thanks for dropping by and for commenting :-) Really glad that you enjoyed the cuckoo line in particular – catty was exactly what I was going for, so I’m glad that it came across.

  35. On Of all the gin joints in all the world...:

    posted 3 months ago

    Hey there THX 0477… Thanks for stopping by (again), it’s really great to get feedback, but when people say such nice things that really makes my day :-) Really glad that you enjoyed this.

  36. On Of all the gin joints in all the world...:

    posted 3 months ago

    Hey there Krulltar… Glad that you liked the story, thanks for stopping by. I was using the word cuckoo in this context in it’s more metaphorical sense, in that cuckoos are usurpers, pushing the rightful residents out of the nest, which is what the woman with Paul has done to Caitlin.

  37. On Of all the gin joints in all the world...:

    posted 3 months ago

    Hey there PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)... Glad that you liked it, and thanks for commenting :-)

  38. On Double Take:

    posted 3 months ago

    I’m glad that you liked it, thanks very much for commenting.

    The story “If wishes were horses…” is a sort of sequel, but I may well come back to this one as well… Not yet though.

  39. On If wishes were horses...:

    posted 3 months ago

    Thanks very much – glad that you like.

  40. On Brother In Arms:

    posted 3 months ago

    Nice twist / continuation – like it! :-)

  41. On Picking up the pieces:

    posted 3 months ago

    I like where you’re going with this, and thanks for being the first person to write a sequel for me :-)

    Just one thing… If you swapped “My searching fingers…” for “His searching fingers…” the ‘person’ / perspective of your ficlet would be consistent all the way through. I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but the jolt from third person to first and back to third just doesn’t quite gel…

    Other than that, nice work, and once more – thanks :-)

  42. On An Unremarkable Factory:

    posted 3 months ago

    OK, I don’t know why half of my last comment is scored out – I know I didn’t do it…

    Anyway, just wanted to say that I did add a sequel to “A Loaded Gun in the Mailbox” that takes this prequel to it into account. Hopefully that’s not a bad thing..?

  43. On Return to Sender:

    posted 3 months ago

    Ok, comments are working again… The sequel that I wrote relies on the prequel by Wil Wheaton that sets up that the item in the mailbox is a magical device / item. The idea is that the ‘murder glove’ not only provides you with an untraceable firearm, but also a compelling, magical fake identity in the form of an illusion spell. Glad you liked my ‘go’ at it, and thanks for commenting :-)

  44. On Return to Sender:

    posted 3 months ago

    I don’t seem to be able to make a comment to explain things to thebetweenspace...

    Help!

  45. On An Unremarkable Factory:

    posted 3 months ago

    First of all, let me say thanks for opening my eyes to this cool site / community – your blog is definitely a common thread for me finding cool stuff, so thanks :) Secondly I love the way you paint an apparently unconnected picture so evocatively and then tie to “A Loaded Gun in the Mailbox” convincingly and in a way that makes me want to go and write a sequel to that Ficlet that springs from what you have done here and how that affects Will Hindmarch’s story – thanks :)

  46. On A Loaded Gun in the Mailbox:

    posted 3 months ago

    Love it, really enjoyed the possibilities for prequel and / or sequel that this offers and the central premise is just so ‘off-the-wall’ cool too.

    Bravo!

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