I realized last night (OK, someone whacked me upside the head for not figuring it out sooner) that I’m on the cover over at Piker Press this week. It’s a story lacking in any sort of nutritive value (to borrow the Piker’s tagline), but I like it. It makes a good April Fool’s sort of story. Check it out!
Muddled Ramblings and Half-Baked Ideas
Words and pictures and stuff
I didn’t whack you per se. That would be well….wrong. Right? Oh wait, this is from the gal who wrote a disturbing werewolf tale. Maybe you’d prefer the whack. *grin*
My favorite aspect of the story is the muddied time period, probably entirely of my own perception. Being familiar with the author’s past work, I started the story assuming Phillip Marlowe’s noir 1930’s, then read “stun gun” and was thrown into a science fiction future, before “taser” brought me right back to today, confirmed by other existent technology references.
My favorite line: “I finished my business and washed up, one hand at a time.”
Second favorite line: “You are irrational, but you’ve been getting predictable. We can help you with that.”