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This Week From Under the Trellis
The speculative fiction in the Garden Gnome Publications' community Discord server seems to be drying up. But our Narrative channel is quite active. Check out the links below.
- Two Lives, Part 5 of 5 by Cheah Kit Sun
- The Last Post by Cheah Kit Sun
- The Glasses by Nick
- The Hologram Show by Nick
Reviews:
- Is The Umbrella Academy worth my time? by Andrew Reising
- We've GoT to talk about last night's episode: Winterfell by Andrew Reising
- Does Ren Warom build something new in Coil? by Andrew Reising
Want to have your content featured in "Under the Trellis?" We're opening this section up to the wider worldwide web. Let us know where you're published by sending us a link to your published speculative fiction story or worthwhile read to [email protected].
Garden Gnome Pubs Contests
Congratulations to @fredkese for winning the recent flash fiction contest with his Flash Up Story. The prompt for the story was the image below.
From Pixabay.
Exquisite Corpse
The garden gnomes have a currently running Exquisite Corpse writing exercise where different writers take turns telling a collaborative story. We've got our first two stories posted. Here's the initial setup for the story:
Earth has been attacked by aliens. Five private space explorers managed to escape before its ultimate destruction. One of them is the brilliant but mad scientist who built the space-faring vehicle from scraps he's/she's collected over the years. Another is a serial killer who escaped prison just before the invasion. A third is a successful financier whose money is all but useless now but he's (she's?) carried $1 million of it in a briefcase onto the vessel. The fourth passenger is a child. The fifth is a failed political activist.@felt.buzz took this setup and wrote the first leg of the story. @blockurator took it to the next stretch. Up next is @foxyspirit. @fromage will pull up the rear and give us the wrap up.The story is set in the space vessel. What is it? How large is it? What facilities does it have? Where are they going? What conflicts arise between the characters?
Want in on the next one? Be sure to follow @gardengnomepubs on Steemit to get the scoop, or look for future issues of this newsletter. Our contests and writing exercises are fun and rewarding on many levels. Participants routinely get picked up by @curie for higher rewards and resteems occur frequently. Get your speculative fiction spread to wider audiences.
Sasquatch Sighting
Shame on @quillfire for outing our fearless leader, and a few other Steemit misfits. He has identified the furry critters behind the masks of the infamous Sasquatch, Bigfoot, and Yeti. Of course, the proof is unscientific.
Thanks @quillfire, aka Assquatch
Thanks! See you at the apocalypse.
A special thanks to our delegators:
- 100 SP = @felt.buzz
- 50 SP = @stever82
- 25 SP = @cyemela
- 25 SP = @manoldonchev
- 25 SP = @bengy
- 25 SP = @blockurator
This newsletter was edited by @blockurator. Dividers by @ediblecthulhu.
Image by @ediblecthulhu
Posted from Garden Gnome Publications with SteemPress : http://gardengnomepubs.com/spec-fic-parade-april-13-19-2019/
@gardengnomepubs,
You know, Sasquatches live in forests ... that abut with Farms. And, given my recent recounting of what happened to me, you can clearly see they're Punks.
https://steemit.com/dtube/@quillfire/duvg5zyg
Getting any ideas?
Quill
About what?
@blockurator,
Farm Punk. If Sasquatches like watches, maybe they also like ... tractors.
Quill
Ah yes, of course. I could see stories with Sasquatches. On my GGP website, I've got a section for local legends. I haven't received one on the Sasquatch yet, but I always encourage people to get weird.
How is Narrative doing champ?
Apologize for the delayed response. Narrative is a mixed bag. It's gaining users at a slow rate, but it's growing. They've recently made some pretty good improvements that I think will be good overall, addressing trolling activity and other concerns. I'm planning to discuss these in an in upcoming post at my main account @blockurator. The big question is what will initial rewards look like. The first payout is expected at the end of May.
You can read about it right here. All in all, not bad.
Glad I won something, thank you
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