Comments on 'Bagman: A Clear Blue Spike'The coke drove a clear blue spike through the pall of smog, overlaying the world I knew with one where the edges were _sharp_, not worn. Where the clear pane of a glass window on a shop display wasn't mired by years of pollution and decay. I walked, head high, my step light, moving through the street with the kind of confidence that only comes with a really good high.
There's music, somewhere, a metallic series of chimes coming from deep within me, booming from the base of my spine and echoing through my ribs, in my skull, and I know it's the chrome.
High-tech flesh, the best of the best, metal under my skin. My nerve-endings sang to the tuneless ensemble as I moved, lightly, a wolf among a million lambs.
I grinned, lips parting to pelt out a bark of laughter, attracted the wary glances of those faceless nobodies nearest to me. I gave them the finger and moved on, letting them fall behind.
The high and the music arcing through my body, I turned down a dark alley, my Zeiss-Ikon eyes whirred into lowlight.2008-07-07T00:47:53Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/30471Comment on Bagman: A Clear Blue Spike<p>Suuuure you don’t, stovo!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30471?basename=770172008-07-07T00:47:53ZJLaughterhttp://ficlets.com/authors/jlaughterComment on Bagman: A Clear Blue Spike<p>Plenty of little hints dropped in here – and great imagery. You know, not that I know what getting high is like, but I would assume that it was well-described in this.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30471?basename=759552008-07-03T15:41:28ZStovohobohttp://ficlets.com/authors/stovohoboComment on Bagman: A Clear Blue Spike<p>i always threaten the d if it doesnt act right i’ll switch it with the squiggly line key that gets its attention, the squiggley line key is like the minor leagues for keys the d she be happy he is in the show.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30471?basename=728342008-06-21T21:56:08ZMighty-Joe Younghttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_8969Comment on Bagman: A Clear Blue Spike<p>Interesting imagery here.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30471?basename=722812008-06-20T02:25:36Z♠Ana Cristina♥http://ficlets.com/authors/asimon78Comment on Bagman: A Clear Blue Spike<p>Bingo! I don’t completely remember the details of it, just the memory that I really liked the story.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30471?basename=644562008-05-23T21:15:46ZKevMullinshttp://ficlets.com/authors/kevmullinsComment on Bagman: A Clear Blue Spike<p>Probably “Burning Chrome” by William Gibson. Very good short story.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30471?basename=644512008-05-23T21:06:25ZJLaughterhttp://ficlets.com/authors/jlaughterComment on Bagman: A Clear Blue Spike<p>Great story that really got me interested in the character.<br />“Zeiss-Ikon eyes” I remember reading a story in Omni magazine years ago where the characters all wanted Zeiss-Ikon eyes. I don’t remember the name of the story but that reference has always stuck in my memory.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30471?basename=640642008-05-22T12:41:28ZKevMullinshttp://ficlets.com/authors/kevmullinsComment on Bagman: A Clear Blue Spike<p>The fugue in d-minor was a reference to the missing d in the first post. minus d -> d-minor</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30471?basename=635562008-05-20T05:43:03ZPyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)http://ficlets.com/authors/pyropunkComment on Bagman: A Clear Blue Spike<p>Fugue in d-minor? Androids always fascinated me.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30471?basename=633232008-05-19T08:29:31ZPyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)http://ficlets.com/authors/pyropunkComment on Bagman: A Clear Blue Spike<p>Thanks for the comments, and the edit there. It was “moved,” but me and the “d”-key were having a fight…something about me drinking too much and not working hard enough, I told it that it didn’t do the dishes enough…so it went to its mothers for the day. Silly d-key.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30471?basename=629622008-05-17T16:16:18ZJLaughterhttp://ficlets.com/authors/jlaughterComment on Bagman: A Clear Blue Spike<p>great visuals, little brother</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30471?basename=629512008-05-17T13:19:08ZBrowncoatbenhttp://ficlets.com/authors/browncoatbenComment on Bagman: A Clear Blue Spike<p>You change tense in that third paragraph there. I think you meant “moved” instead of “move.” Other than that, I did enjoy this, especially the first line.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30471?basename=629342008-05-17T06:44:51ZJohn Perkinshttp://ficlets.com/authors/johnperkins21