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I've been doing some mental pacing lately, that sort of restless, twitchy sense you get when you're about to start something, but aren't quite sure what that something is yet because the little machines are still whirring away in your subconscious mind piecing it all together. You just know, soon. So you flip through mindless TV channels, and ponder the fluctuating number of followers on your Twitter feed, and try to keep up with the discordant, ambiguous excitement about that thing you can't quite place your finger on while tossing what if ideas at friends and family who very tolerantly pat you on the head and say very good, little magpie.
Recently my magpie tendencies have turned from merely collecting insignificant nuggets of information to the shiniest of the shines: stories. In truth, it was inevitable, and likely the true aim, given a background fostered in occupying various spaces while accounts were told of particular events that in reality lasted only perhaps minutes, but took three or four times longer to tell with diversions into this history or that, indulgences to side-stories and explanations, interrelated and not. What little magpie nurtured on such detailed personal accounts could possibly resist the allure of finding more?
Not this one, which is, perhaps, the only answer that matters, because this is the magpie in question. Fascinated with collecting stories, and slightly amazed that it took this long and travelling so much distance to realise that. The subject of my loosely-defined future Ph.D. will revolve around this, there is a collaborative art project in the works for potentially (hopefully) next year, but none of that is quite immediate enough for the restless, pacing mental creature anxious to get his twitchy little hands on something tangible.
I intend to make a mobile of secrets.
But I need help. I need your secrets.
The idea is to get as many people as possible to send me their secrets - good, bad, things you hope for, things you're afraid of, things you're ashamed of, those little thoughts you have but never say, wish you'd said, wish you hadn't said - by post, because I'm a big believer that we leave little pieces of ourselves with everything we touch, and I like the idea of (literally) tying strangers together in something real and solid, outside the detached sterility of this internet world. And I like getting mail. (Who doesn't?)
Then all those pieces of paper with things written on them will be folded into various things, probably related to themes or tones, because I like patterns and symmetry like that, and hung on a dreamcatcher-esque styled mobile. I have more vague concepts about doing something with the actual words themselves, but if the secrets are shared, they'll be shared anonymously so no one will know it's yours except you, and me.
I'm not one to ask for something for nothing, though, so if you share with me, I'll send you a story back. By post. Because you know you like getting mail, too.
To join in, drop me an email at sashdrak@gmail.com and I'll give you more specifics on what to do. And share. There's no limit to the number of people who can join in. Besides, what better way to meet new people than passing a few secrets back and forth?
Introducing The Geekly (aka What I'm Doing Now)
So. I'm not around here much. Studying and working ate up most of my time, and all my writing was for my thesis, so not much to contribute. I resubmit my corrections tomorrow but I'm probably not likely to come back except for the occasional breeze through. What I have done, however, is start a podcast, so now you can find me and my co-creator spouting geeky nonsense on iTunes and Patreon. Sometime in the nearish future we're going to launch a very dark steampunk drama as well, but you can keep up with all of that at our joint Twitter, @geeknerdpod and/or mine, @leksikality.
Flash Drive Alliterati :: Response Submissions
The anniversary of Alliterati's international launch is fast approaching, and we've decided to throw one more twist into the mix to commemorate it. From now until 23 November, we're accepting flash submissions to be included in Issue 13 (released 1 December). But there's a catch: your submissions must be in response to a piece previously featured in one of our issues.
Guidelines and RequirementsSubmissions should be sent to editor@alliteratimagazine.com with the subject "Flash Submission".Include a short bio (100 words) in the body of your email.The file name should include your name and the title of your work.Specify which piece you are resp
Transgressions #3: Truth
'Man is not what he thinks he is; he is what he hides.' ― André Malraux
Everyone lies, from little omissions of fact to harmless white lies to full-on deception. We lie to strangers,
friends and family, ourselves. Sometimes we don't even know we're doing it. These lies become secrets
which eventually become a sort of truth all on their own. We may not even be aware there is a secret
there, but it affects us, shapes us, determines events and outcomes far down the line from when the
initial thing came into being.
'[M]ost people would never know them, but they know there are spaces,
gaps where the answers should be, where som
Pickergill and Audlin's Steampunk Extravaganza!
:new: UPDATE: Deadline extended until May 18th!!! :new:There are only two entries at the moment, and they're very lonely. Come on. I know a good few of you out there can throw down a decent steampunk story.
RULES:
PROSE ONLY. 1500 WORDS MAXIMUM.MUST INCLUDE ELEMENTS OF SATIRE AND STEAMPUNK GENRE.ONE ENTRY PER PERSON.MUST BE NEW WORK WRITTEN/SUBMITTED BETWEEN 1 APRIL - 30 APRIL.ANYONE MAY ENTER (EXCEPT JUDGES; THAT'S A NO-NO). SUBMIT TO STEAMPUNK EXTRAVAGANZA FOLDER IN THE GROUP GALLERY.
[WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR JUDGES, POINTS AND PRIZES SO IF
YOU'RE ABLE TO DONATE ANY OF THESE THINGS, PLEASE
DROP THE GROUP A NOTE OUTLINING WHAT YOU ARE
AB
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Okay. But I'm a very open person, so the secret I'm going to send you is kind of a whopper.