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Slipstop Part FourKerren City, Luci Province, Marret
Human Colonized Territory
December 12th, 2479 Geneva Date
July 1st, 242 Marret Date

Smoke billowed from the canal-streets of Kerren, and great columns of fire roared out from the oil refineries that surrounded the central space port. A riot, a pogrom, and a revolution were all unfolding at once, given the jumbled list of reports from Eoin’s news intercepts. It certainly explained why driftspace had been devoid of ships entering Marret’s system and jammed with them leaving. He hadn’t even been stopped by patrolling militia ships; it didn’t occur to them the massive six-winged DublineSlipstop Part Four by *SgtPossum
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Slipstop Part ThreePoint-five AU off Tyrol’s Rock
Aboard the Yghull Snatt
December 13th, 2479

Hagrakadacz swung his mighty shoulders left and right, while squealing slugs weaved around his immense muscles to devour parasites and decaying flesh, procured in the warm bath in which the fourteen had spent the last subjective year. He rocked back and forth, in the clutches of a sobering vision, and muttered to himself in the tongues of ancient Guludeb tribes. After a time he halted and declared,

“As blades to whispers of the winds
Prophecies bend and twist, though cannot break.
The hairy one, the hairy one,
In his eye evil is busted, but do not rejoicSlipstop Part Three by *SgtPossum
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Slipstop Part TwoDriftspace
Aboard the Yghhul Snatt
Date Irrelevant

Fourteen basked in artificial sunlight and sucked on hallucinogenic gases half-submerged in a pot of bubbling clear fluid. They were great red-skinned aliens, the Guludeb, with immense round skulls packing an impressive series of murderous teeth, and their twin sets of six black eyes took in various wavelengths of radiation. They were predators, they were gangsters, they were warlords and they were businessmen. Fourteen basked in golden rays and phosphorescent smoke.

The greatest of them all, Hagrakadacz—Quarrelsome Prophet—hauled himself to his full height of nine feet, ten iSlipstop Part Two by *SgtPossum
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Slipstop Part One Every twenty-one days, one vessel out of millions traveling through driftspace—that can be a little Aldebaran cargo ship hardly big enough to haul a grain of salt from earth to one of their tiny meteorite home worlds, or a Guludeb generation ship the size of Manhattan and carrying several thousand passengers—is wrecked by slipstop.

Slipstop is an unexplained phenomenon. Its regularity is entirely inexplicable and may suggest an intentional flaw in driftspace placed by its now long-extinct godlike creators. No sentient organism is known to have survived slipstop, even though the damage to vessels can range from nonexistent to caSlipstop Part One by *SgtPossum
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A Poor Soliloquy by No Longer Yours Truly

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  • Listening to: Jesus Gonna Be Here-Tom Waits
So I've started storyboarding for my writing, and I think it's going to work out extremely well. I basically just wrote a novel, now I just need to fill in the blanks. It really gives me an opportunity to sit back and observe it so I can insert literary devices I might otherwise never be able to use on time. For short stories, just running headfirst at it is fine, but for longer stories this really seems to be the best way for me. So woo!

Do ya'll novelists out there storyboard, or do you always go headfirst at it, or what?
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Jake Ristic-Petrovic
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I am a pretentious Canadian--far more pretentious than you could ever hope to be. I am strictly a writer: my attempts at art usually consist of stickmen killing each other and my photography definitely leaves something to be desired. On the bright side, my writing is pretty damn good.

I've written a lot of things on this site in what feels like a very short time. So take a look through my gallery, read what suits you, and leave a comment. Don't be afraid to tell me something is shit-just tell me why and I'll appreciate the feedback.

Current Residence: Jupiter's left earlobe
Favourite genre of music: Metal of any type, but not metalcore or any of its derivatives. That shit ain't metal.
Favourite photographer: Evan Wright
Favourite cartoon character: Bugs Bunny man, Bugs all the way.
Personal Quote: "Adolph Hitler makes for a pancake roommate."
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*Ann-Russell Apr 28, 2013   Writer
Thanks for the fave! :)
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*BlakeCurran Mar 23, 2013  Student Writer
Thanks heaps for the fave and lovely comment! :hug:
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~Silwyna94 Feb 12, 2013
Thank you for faving Room of Death. :)
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Mood: Wow! ~DysfunctionalMisfit Feb 9, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I would like to be more eloquent in my observation of your stories that i have read. However, its late and my creative brain tends to shut down around now. So, let me just say that i am relatively in awe of your word mastery and characterization. Most of your stories are incredibly well written and i appreciate the ones that have a slightly cynical outlook. One of my favorites of yours by far is the one entitled "Just Kill Yourself". I can appreciate both the depression side and the annoyance at the mentally ill person. All in all, you strike me as very skilled, keep writing my friend. :P
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*SgtPossum Feb 10, 2013
Thank you for the kind words, will do.
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*Black-Rose-117 Feb 9, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
I see you have some short stories/poems on here and was wondering if you would be interested in joining a group called :iconwrite2livecancerfree:

There is more about it on the page (just click the link) but basically what we are out to do is have a contest each month of writing and pick 1-2 winners. At the end of the year, I'll be putting together a book to be published and sold where all the money goes to a Cancer Research Center to help the fight against cancer and find a cure.

Please, check it out and think about it :)
♥Blake Moriarty
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*SgtPossum Feb 10, 2013
Sure. Are you folks all right with science fiction?
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*Black-Rose-117 Feb 11, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
of course :) All writing is accepted
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*SgtPossum Feb 11, 2013
Right then, I'll see what I can make for ya.
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~bluevelvetwings Feb 9, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
Somehow your writing reminded me of the frightening offspring of Kafka, Lovecraft and Pat Frank, which you might not consider a compliment, but it really did and I mean it in a complimentary fashion~
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