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The Stork Nursery Invasion.
14 years ago
This story was created primarily through a very simple longing spawned from watching too many Tim and Jerry cartoons. That sentiment being: "Anthropomorphic storks are awesome. Why aren't there more stories about anthropomorphic storks?" And so I was forced to make a story simply to fill a niche that may very well have a fanbase consisting of just me.
Sadly, it ended up being around 10K words. This is roughly double the length of any standard zine submission, so publication just wasn't going to happen. Despite the length, it attempts to be a straightforward, snappy story.
Both Miyazaki and Pratchett had significant influence on how I attempted to present the world, the former in terms of setting, the latter in terms of dialogue. I'm still not wholly satisfied with the human side of the story in terms of setting and personalities. I feel that I could have fleshed them out a bit more, as the storks and their home tend to steal the show just a bit. On the other hand, the traditional self-identified furry will likely consider that a virtue of the story, rather than a fault!
There's almost nothing in life you can do that's more important than raising a child. Yet we consider it a right, and not a duty or responsibility to be proven competent for. I don't think this will ever change; the horrors of the Nazis have turned humanity off from eugenics quite thoroughly, and this is perhaps better than the other way around. But there are disadvantages to this state, and sadly it's primarily in the form of our sins and problems passed down into the hands of our children. Think about the child, and not just the lonely void in your own soul, before you try to become a parent.
And for the record, both Earl Grey and Lady Grey are delicious, but I prefer the latter.
Sadly, it ended up being around 10K words. This is roughly double the length of any standard zine submission, so publication just wasn't going to happen. Despite the length, it attempts to be a straightforward, snappy story.
Both Miyazaki and Pratchett had significant influence on how I attempted to present the world, the former in terms of setting, the latter in terms of dialogue. I'm still not wholly satisfied with the human side of the story in terms of setting and personalities. I feel that I could have fleshed them out a bit more, as the storks and their home tend to steal the show just a bit. On the other hand, the traditional self-identified furry will likely consider that a virtue of the story, rather than a fault!
There's almost nothing in life you can do that's more important than raising a child. Yet we consider it a right, and not a duty or responsibility to be proven competent for. I don't think this will ever change; the horrors of the Nazis have turned humanity off from eugenics quite thoroughly, and this is perhaps better than the other way around. But there are disadvantages to this state, and sadly it's primarily in the form of our sins and problems passed down into the hands of our children. Think about the child, and not just the lonely void in your own soul, before you try to become a parent.
And for the record, both Earl Grey and Lady Grey are delicious, but I prefer the latter.
