FAWD v1.0-Update Note-Nov 13/20: November, yecch. And obi...
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●●●● *** NOTE ***: This update is dated Nov 13, and arrives on Nov 19. So yeeeah, the
●●●● the updates are still higgeldy. Next one will aim for Nov 22-ish. :- /
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●●●● FA Writers Directory v 1.0
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●●●● Update Note: Nov 13/20 (Copied from main page)
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●●●● Och aye, and here we are in grey, grey November, this harbinger, this
●●●● preview of the frozen season that's vectoring in. Not an improvement on
●●●● Oct. November promises snow, snow, snow, wunnerful fluffy snow, that's
●●●● gonna come gently down and murder us all.
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●●●● To quote Shania Twain, this don't impress me much. A la an old short
●●●● story by Jack London, your continued survival is directly contingent on your
●●●● ability to light a fire. Remind me to buy some more 'lil propane canisters
●●●● [for the torch]. Oh, and a bucket of lighters. To quote an old good cop
●●●● show, let's... be careful out there.
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●●●● And wazzat about obit? Some of the grey has gone away, such to
●●●● break my heart. Scamper, my 14-year-ish grey-furred 'n white-pawed
●●●● feline friend, has died. By all rights the water that come to me eye [Ave
●●●● Belafonte] shoulda shorted this keyboard to sparky slag. 'Cause a lot of
●●●● water. 'Cause Scamper was very, deeply loved. Do cats love us? Do they
●●●● just act like they do, purr purr?
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●●●● King-helluva moot question. From the way our hearts are cratered
●●●● when they die, not a question that matters. Now. Double-cratered as we
●●●● bury them. Lemme tell you all about it, Bunky.
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●●●● Well no; haven't got a spare keyboard. Cause of death: A type of
●●●● feline carcinoma, that starts in the jaw then grows to the point... to the
●●●● point...
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●●●● ...
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●●●● ...Where the cat can't eat or drink. Happened before to another cat,
●●●● euthanasia was mandated, couldn't do it here 'cause $$$. Triple-cratered.
●●●● What, God, the angels in Heaven needed a purr so they took a certain
●●●● pretty grey-furred feline? Most uncool. Go kick their ass 'n wings for me,
●●●● will you, God? Find their own cat. I needed mine.
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●●●● Needed, you say? 'Nother good question. Our lives are richer with 'em,
●●●● and their lives are here period, and it is love enough, on both sides, and
●●●● the same with all 'pets'. (Had a dog a few years back; 'zactly the same).
●●●● Do they look on us as their pets? <Purrr!!>. The deponent saith not. :- )
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●●●● Named Scamper, BTW, because that's what she did. A lot of. V.
●●●● bouncy cat, esp. so as kitten, sure couldn't call her Turtle. The house's
●●●● champion mouser too, always could tell the noises, then peeled a hapless
●●●● or dead Muridae off her fangs to toss outside, then petted her. Good cat.
●●●● <Purrr!>. And she was.
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●●●● Cratered to the fourth power. Come night, Scamper often insisted on
●●●● sneaking/snuggling under the blankets for some industrial-strength petting.
●●●● And <Purrr-ing!!>. I'll appropriately quote Steve Earle: I still remember that
●●●● rumbling sound.
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●●●● And now '...Leaving just a memory,' to quote Pink Floyd. Nothing left
●●●● of heart but craters, I think. Jeeze, God, whaddya trying to do here? Teach
●●●● some lessons, about life and death? Or lessons in choosing grave goods?
●●●● Yah, mysterious ways and all that yadda yadda, but howzabout just putting
●●●● some labels on, easier for us to get the message. I know, I know, that's a
●●●● non-starter, but put the idea on the committee agenda, plz?
●●●●
●●●● Grave goods for a much-loved cat? Well, a lotta tears for a start.
●●●● Tobacco, coffee; She knew the smell of both. Water, kibble, a spot of
●●●● cream--outrageous her taste for cream. A spot of litter gravel. A bit of
●●●● firewood; she always snuggled up [almost too close] to the stove. A snip of
●●●● grass; reminder of green summer. A snip of my hair and snip of fur from
●●●● my other cat, Camouflage. [Symbolically] You do not go into the dark
●●●● alone, Scamper.
●●●●
●●●● Last, a snip from a certain blanket. Wherever you go in the dark,
●●●● Scamper, [symbolically] you will be warm. Annnd it took about ten
●●●● minutes, at this point, before I could finish the burial. May have left my
●●●● heart in there too. <Purrr!!> Not much left of it by now anyway.
●●●●
●●●● And is there a FAWDish takeaway here? Yes, believe there is. We're all
●●●● [furry] writers in the room, folks, with great unstoppable powers over
●●●● words 'n time 'n space 'n the fate of the [fictional] Universe. So: *Use* that
●●●● power. Care for the ones that love you. Love the ones who care for you. To
●●●● the limits of your heart. And put alla this into words. And if the readers pick
●●●● up on it, and take it up, good. In fact, that's the point. You're getting it,
●●●● you're getting it, God murmurs.
●●●●
●●●● Yeah well f**k, allow me some rage re. Your methods. Since a pretty
●●●● cat is dead, who never deserved such suffering, and I've got a heart to
●●●● spackle back together. Reaf spiffy, God, and... <Growf!>
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●●●● Oh. It's the cute fantasy polar bear girlfriend again. And as awesome
●●●● sexy as she is, I detect some mysterious ways afoot here too. Has to be:
●●●● She's making a hot black G-string look like funeral/mourning wear. Plus the
●●●● black choker on her neck. As usual, I think she's been reading what I've
●●●● been typing.
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●●●● <Growf!> Trans (Softly): I'm so sorry. Saw her with you, and no,
●●●● they're not sentient like us, but maybe sentient enough for love? What was
●●●● our first clue? Oh, and if anybody comes at you with that 'Circle of Life'
●●●● crap, send them to me and I'll eat them for you. She was a predator, I'm a
●●●● predator, you're a predator, and all predators--and all prey--know how
●●●● much Disney bullshit that metaphor is. There is only Life. There is only
●●●● Death. And the bright, bright line that divides them. There are fools who
●●●● think they will never cross that line. Or more foolish, that that line can
●●●● somehow be transcended. There is nothing more to say, or any more
●●●● meaning to it than that. In pain and suffering--no other way--now Scamper
●●●● has crossed that bright line, and... um... okay, now he's crying all over my
●●●● boobs, sure didn't see dat coming. 'S all right lover; they're waterproof. :- )
●●●●
●●●● . . .
●●●●
●●●● Well how about that? As they say, out of the mouths of [sexy stacked
●●●● polar bear] babes. Wait, nobody ever says that. Muzzles too, not mouth.
●●●● Always date the smart ones, gentlemen, always date the smart ones. And
●●●● ignore the fang count. :- )
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New Work This Week -- Nov 6 to Nov 13
TO NEW POETRY...
4 poems posted from 4 new poets
35 poems posted from 13 existing poets
TO NEW WRITING...
119 stories posted from 72 new writers
847 stories posted from 492 existing writers
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The FA Writers Directory v 1.0
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●●●●
●●●● *** NOTE ***: This update is dated Nov 13, and arrives on Nov 19. So yeeeah, the
●●●● the updates are still higgeldy. Next one will aim for Nov 22-ish. :- /
●●●●
●●●●
●●●● FA Writers Directory v 1.0
●●●●
●●●●
●●●● Update Note: Nov 13/20 (Copied from main page)
●●●●
●●●●
●●●● Och aye, and here we are in grey, grey November, this harbinger, this
●●●● preview of the frozen season that's vectoring in. Not an improvement on
●●●● Oct. November promises snow, snow, snow, wunnerful fluffy snow, that's
●●●● gonna come gently down and murder us all.
●●●●
●●●● To quote Shania Twain, this don't impress me much. A la an old short
●●●● story by Jack London, your continued survival is directly contingent on your
●●●● ability to light a fire. Remind me to buy some more 'lil propane canisters
●●●● [for the torch]. Oh, and a bucket of lighters. To quote an old good cop
●●●● show, let's... be careful out there.
●●●●
●●●● And wazzat about obit? Some of the grey has gone away, such to
●●●● break my heart. Scamper, my 14-year-ish grey-furred 'n white-pawed
●●●● feline friend, has died. By all rights the water that come to me eye [Ave
●●●● Belafonte] shoulda shorted this keyboard to sparky slag. 'Cause a lot of
●●●● water. 'Cause Scamper was very, deeply loved. Do cats love us? Do they
●●●● just act like they do, purr purr?
●●●●
●●●● King-helluva moot question. From the way our hearts are cratered
●●●● when they die, not a question that matters. Now. Double-cratered as we
●●●● bury them. Lemme tell you all about it, Bunky.
●●●●
●●●● Well no; haven't got a spare keyboard. Cause of death: A type of
●●●● feline carcinoma, that starts in the jaw then grows to the point... to the
●●●● point...
●●●●
●●●● ...
●●●●
●●●● ...Where the cat can't eat or drink. Happened before to another cat,
●●●● euthanasia was mandated, couldn't do it here 'cause $$$. Triple-cratered.
●●●● What, God, the angels in Heaven needed a purr so they took a certain
●●●● pretty grey-furred feline? Most uncool. Go kick their ass 'n wings for me,
●●●● will you, God? Find their own cat. I needed mine.
●●●●
●●●● Needed, you say? 'Nother good question. Our lives are richer with 'em,
●●●● and their lives are here period, and it is love enough, on both sides, and
●●●● the same with all 'pets'. (Had a dog a few years back; 'zactly the same).
●●●● Do they look on us as their pets? <Purrr!!>. The deponent saith not. :- )
●●●●
●●●● Named Scamper, BTW, because that's what she did. A lot of. V.
●●●● bouncy cat, esp. so as kitten, sure couldn't call her Turtle. The house's
●●●● champion mouser too, always could tell the noises, then peeled a hapless
●●●● or dead Muridae off her fangs to toss outside, then petted her. Good cat.
●●●● <Purrr!>. And she was.
●●●●
●●●● Cratered to the fourth power. Come night, Scamper often insisted on
●●●● sneaking/snuggling under the blankets for some industrial-strength petting.
●●●● And <Purrr-ing!!>. I'll appropriately quote Steve Earle: I still remember that
●●●● rumbling sound.
●●●●
●●●● And now '...Leaving just a memory,' to quote Pink Floyd. Nothing left
●●●● of heart but craters, I think. Jeeze, God, whaddya trying to do here? Teach
●●●● some lessons, about life and death? Or lessons in choosing grave goods?
●●●● Yah, mysterious ways and all that yadda yadda, but howzabout just putting
●●●● some labels on, easier for us to get the message. I know, I know, that's a
●●●● non-starter, but put the idea on the committee agenda, plz?
●●●●
●●●● Grave goods for a much-loved cat? Well, a lotta tears for a start.
●●●● Tobacco, coffee; She knew the smell of both. Water, kibble, a spot of
●●●● cream--outrageous her taste for cream. A spot of litter gravel. A bit of
●●●● firewood; she always snuggled up [almost too close] to the stove. A snip of
●●●● grass; reminder of green summer. A snip of my hair and snip of fur from
●●●● my other cat, Camouflage. [Symbolically] You do not go into the dark
●●●● alone, Scamper.
●●●●
●●●● Last, a snip from a certain blanket. Wherever you go in the dark,
●●●● Scamper, [symbolically] you will be warm. Annnd it took about ten
●●●● minutes, at this point, before I could finish the burial. May have left my
●●●● heart in there too. <Purrr!!> Not much left of it by now anyway.
●●●●
●●●● And is there a FAWDish takeaway here? Yes, believe there is. We're all
●●●● [furry] writers in the room, folks, with great unstoppable powers over
●●●● words 'n time 'n space 'n the fate of the [fictional] Universe. So: *Use* that
●●●● power. Care for the ones that love you. Love the ones who care for you. To
●●●● the limits of your heart. And put alla this into words. And if the readers pick
●●●● up on it, and take it up, good. In fact, that's the point. You're getting it,
●●●● you're getting it, God murmurs.
●●●●
●●●● Yeah well f**k, allow me some rage re. Your methods. Since a pretty
●●●● cat is dead, who never deserved such suffering, and I've got a heart to
●●●● spackle back together. Reaf spiffy, God, and... <Growf!>
●●●●
●●●● Oh. It's the cute fantasy polar bear girlfriend again. And as awesome
●●●● sexy as she is, I detect some mysterious ways afoot here too. Has to be:
●●●● She's making a hot black G-string look like funeral/mourning wear. Plus the
●●●● black choker on her neck. As usual, I think she's been reading what I've
●●●● been typing.
●●●●
●●●● <Growf!> Trans (Softly): I'm so sorry. Saw her with you, and no,
●●●● they're not sentient like us, but maybe sentient enough for love? What was
●●●● our first clue? Oh, and if anybody comes at you with that 'Circle of Life'
●●●● crap, send them to me and I'll eat them for you. She was a predator, I'm a
●●●● predator, you're a predator, and all predators--and all prey--know how
●●●● much Disney bullshit that metaphor is. There is only Life. There is only
●●●● Death. And the bright, bright line that divides them. There are fools who
●●●● think they will never cross that line. Or more foolish, that that line can
●●●● somehow be transcended. There is nothing more to say, or any more
●●●● meaning to it than that. In pain and suffering--no other way--now Scamper
●●●● has crossed that bright line, and... um... okay, now he's crying all over my
●●●● boobs, sure didn't see dat coming. 'S all right lover; they're waterproof. :- )
●●●●
●●●● . . .
●●●●
●●●● Well how about that? As they say, out of the mouths of [sexy stacked
●●●● polar bear] babes. Wait, nobody ever says that. Muzzles too, not mouth.
●●●● Always date the smart ones, gentlemen, always date the smart ones. And
●●●● ignore the fang count. :- )
●●●●
●●●●
●●●●●●●●●●
New Work This Week -- Nov 6 to Nov 13
TO NEW POETRY...
4 poems posted from 4 new poets
35 poems posted from 13 existing poets
TO NEW WRITING...
119 stories posted from 72 new writers
847 stories posted from 492 existing writers
●●●●●●●●●●
The FA Writers Directory v 1.0
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Perhaps helps me more than her. Still, pretty loud purring on her too, so there.