Comments on 'Shoeless Joe's Ficlets Challenge'I've been reading _Shoeless Joe_ by W.P. Kinsella. It's a great book and I highly recommend it, especially if you're a fan of the movie, _Field of Dreams._
Anyway, the book gave me an idea for a Ficlets challenge. The book is a fantasy in which the main character, who shares a last name with the author, meets and interacts with a number of his heroes, including J.D. Salinger, Archibald "Moonlight" Graham, and the titular "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. Time was not a factor, as these three came from different eras in history.
So.
The question is, if you could spend time with one of your heroes, who would it be and what would you do? This could be a literary hero like Salinger, a sports hero like Jackson, a historical figure like Abraham Lincoln, even a fictional hero. You could meet in the current era or in their own time.
The only caveat is that you have to be doing something together, and not just having a Q&A. So how about it? I hear Edgar Allen Poe's a good guy to have a drink with...2007-11-07T03:54:31Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/9572Comment on Shoeless Joe's Ficlets Challenge<p>Matthew Pearl took mine!!!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/9572?basename=218342007-11-07T03:54:31ZYeah Write!http://ficlets.com/authors/yeahwriteComment on Shoeless Joe's Ficlets Challenge<p>poe died in a drunk stupor. that’s y friends don’t let friend… BE drunk</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/9572?basename=218322007-11-07T03:42:47ZYeah Write!http://ficlets.com/authors/yeahwriteComment on Shoeless Joe's Ficlets Challenge<p>I did that last week…. Edgar Allan Poe is a good guy… it’s sad the seance had to end so soon.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/9572?basename=170452007-10-11T21:26:41ZMask By The Moonhttp://ficlets.com/authors/mbtmComment on Shoeless Joe's Ficlets Challenge<p>aykkk heroes are so idolized…okay, i’ll give it a go…after i give it some thought; this is a hard challenge!! but interesting.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/9572?basename=128342007-09-18T21:57:49Zblueyedwonderhttp://ficlets.com/authors/blueyedwonderComment on Shoeless Joe's Ficlets Challenge<p>I have to spend time on this. Not sure how I feel about words into my heroes’ mouths.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/9572?basename=127772007-09-18T18:17:49ZAlexa ♥http://ficlets.com/authors/alexa1018Comment on Shoeless Joe's Ficlets Challenge<p>Drinking with Poe. That’d be bound to get depressing. Somehow I don’t see him as a happy drunk. Fun challenge but might take me a bit.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/9572?basename=127422007-09-18T13:24:43ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477