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But Corsica doesn't have the mythologic/historic connection to bull dancing that I was looking for. Although I have to say the cows and bulls on Corsica are darn beautiful and intelligent specimen! A real pleasure to run into them. Just not in the middle of the mountain road behind one of those sharp turns, mind you.
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Considering the proximity to Corsica, I wonder whether the roads of Sardinia are "infested" with cows and cattle as well! I'm going there next week
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Next week?! Dude, half of Corsica was snowed under last week! If the Sardinian cows have any clue they'd be tucked safely and warmly in winter-pens or stables. At any other point, I'd be envious of you since I've never been to Sardinia, but in this type of weather I'll pass.
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Snowed under, really? That would be peculiar - for me to experience that kind of weather in Sardinia when there's hardly been any snow in Stockholm this winter so far. I always expect sunshine and warmth when travelling south
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A bit of freak weather, I fear. They even had an item about it on the news, and you could see truckers having to actually dig their trucks out of the snow. There seemed to be more snow than Belgium had in the last ten years.
Could be better by now, I suppose. And Sardinia is even more southerly. But then again, as Scandinavian, you'll probably laugh at temperatures at which I'm shivering under three layers of clothing.
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Nice story Earniel! Sorry, can't do the umlaut without ASCII codes...
I was just rereading Tolkien Lovers Anonymous...your writing was good then, but it's definitely improved
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Thank you. I never considered my RPG's in relation to my writing, but I guess a good basis was laid with them.
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I always consider RPGs as writing exercises (at least any long posts in them), as well as being fun to play.
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I noticed this story can now be found on Elfwood too.
I also noticed that Fabric Dragons has lost its "Mod's choice" status. What's up with that?
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Yes, I uploaded the story there, since it's no longer available at the EMG-zine. I've only just received the message it went through this morning. I also uploaded Fabric Dragons again with two corrections, but that shouldn't have vanquished the Mod's Choice. Hm, better go and contact them over it.
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Eärniel's short stories
Another short story of mine, just published in EMG-zine.
I very much liked the idea of this one, but it was a rush job, so the writing isn't as solid as it could be and I hope to god there aren't any glaring errors since I didn't have the time to get it corrected. (If you see and error, please let me know.)
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Nice! The only error I spotted as I read it quickly, was the error in your post above.
I actually read two books in the past 2 weeks that have a very similar theme. It's very vexing, because in the books the strange animals aren't explained either. >_<
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Thanks! I'm curious, what were those books?
I did have an explanation for my giant squid all ready and worked out and it originally would have been fitted in the final conversation with Marsh. But entries for the e-zine have to be limited to 2000 words and it was already hard enough to put everything else in that I wanted in. So the explanation got booted in exchange for mystery. But if you're interested, read on: SPOILER ALERT!
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Oh, that might have been nice too, but I actually quite like it as a mystery.
Let's see, the titles... "The Lost Island of Tamarind" and... "De wonderbaarlijke reizen van...?" This last one is a bizarre children's book with made up animals and old-Dutch among normal Dutch. Lots of pictures too, very weird. I don't even remember if I finished reading it actually... >_< The first one is nice enough
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Eärniel, I love this story! It had me captivated from beginning to end, much thanks to all the memories it brought back of my west coastal summers. The first paragraph induced images in my head of those many times that I've squatted down on a cliff edge on a windy evening in August and listened to the roaring seas and watched as the large bodies of waters hit the rocks with immense force. Reading further, your story just kept on reminding me of my childhood summers at the Swedish west coast. Fishermen, shrimp fishers, seagulls... Even those giant shells reminded me of the hermit crabs I like to capture from the sea bed And for my inner eye, I could see the giant shells emerge on a specific beach not far from my family's summer cabin.
I think the story does better without that explanation. But thanks for posting the explanation here anyway, I had no idea about orthoceras. Your idea about the shells' singing and how the song was produced, was very imaginative. You also described the shells' colours, but what about their shapes? One thing caused me minor disturbance though. Wilkins and his sons were perplexed over the "pale green lights, moving, pulsating far below, shining like drowned candles in the dark depths of the sea". My immediate thoughts were - That sounds just like bioluminenscent flagellates! In western coastal areas, you can see them particularly well in August (and the plot happens to be set in August). An experienced fisher wouldn't get startled by such lights, but rather be used to them The story takes place in 1905. At first I thought that was the same year that an unusual event rocked the Swedish west coast (literally rocked the coast, namely Sweden's biggest earthquake ever). I looked it up and it turned out that happened in 1904. Otherwise your choice of year would have been a fun coincidence at least for me. (Lastly, I noticed a small spelling mistake. Nary should be spelt with a single "r") Thank you for a great tale!
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They might have found it in a library later - and that would have been rather anti-climactic to the story. Better leave the mystery.
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