Story: "Seeing Things" (Part 4 of 6)

This story fills a square on my card for the hc_bingo fest. This fest encourages the creation of boundary-pushing material that explores what happens when things go horribly wrong and people actually care about each other. I'm hoping to attract some new readers for my writing.

The following story belongs to Schrodinger's Heroes, featuring an apocryphal television show supported by an imaginary fandom. It's science fiction about quantum physics and saving the world from alternate dimensions. It features a very mixed cast in terms of ethnicity and sexual orientation. This project developed with input from multiple people, and it's open for everyone to play in. You can read more about the background, the characters, and a bunch of assorted content on the menu page.

Begin with Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.  Skip to Part 6.  This is a crossover with BBC Sherlock. You can read how these characters found each other in "THE Woman," and the beginning of the morning after in "Texas Sunrise." Additional inspiration came from a threadwith siliconshaman, jeshyr, and thnidu.


Fandoms: BBC Sherlock / Original: Schrodinger's Heroes
H/C: Panic attacks
Medium: Fiction
Summary/Preview: Sherlock, who does not deal well with bizarre surprises, has moved into a place where those are ubiquitous. Also he is hungover. Won't this be fun?
Content Notes: Spoilers for BBC Sherlock Season 2. Home cooking. Friendship. Tentacles. Happy ending.

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Nature Photos

 Foggy meadow.

The Wolfslayer

 ... is a Russian grandmother with an axe.  I'm generally not in favor of killing wolves, but when one is arguing over whether you and your livestock are edible, that's sufficient grounds.

A Dissection of Twilight

Here is a devastatingly accurate essay about why Twilight is creepy, is shabby literature and film, and yet is wildly successful anyhow.

Torn World Muse Fusion

The November 2012 Muse Fusion is now open in torn_world.


What I Have Written

"Drawing the Triangle" (story in progress)
This is about the formation of Omorth's trefoil.

"The Smell of Sunset" -- 51 lines, $10 or 10 TW Credits
From the prompt about orange color, I got the poem "The Smell of Sunset."  Nleimen tests a new tube of orange watercolor paint for Vloroshaal.

"Unicorns on Parade" -- 257 words, $2.57 or 3 TW Credits
I combined the prompts about a citizen's view of Northerners and a newspaper article. The result is "Unicorns on Parade," a grayrag article. 

Read "Patterns in the Grass" on Torn World

If you are a Torn World supporter, you can now read my poem "Patterns in the Grass."
Feral horses are always alert for danger.

If you like this poem and want to see more like it, please consider sending me credits or karma through Torn World's crowdfunding options.  Not a Torn World member, but still want to support the work? I have a permanent PayPal button on my LJ profile page.

New Crowdfunding Project: "The Complete Elmore Artbook"

This book doesn't even exist yet.  By the time I heard about Larry Elmore's Kickstarter, it was already funded to the first stretch goal.  More would be just lovely.  If you are active at all in fantasy or gaming, you've seen his art; he's one of the legends.  Go throw something in his treasure chest.