tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post6443573710106990293..comments2023-04-07T13:32:15.954+01:00Comments on The Twisted Quill: Stolen kissesSteve Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-29696058728225063572012-04-16T19:33:18.452+01:002012-04-16T19:33:18.452+01:00Thanks Tim. :-)
Hey, I remember that song from ...Thanks Tim. :-)<br /><br />Hey, I remember that song from when I was about 10 years old.<br /><br />And things could be worse, you could have that Black Eyed Peas rap number "Where is the love" ringing in your ears all day. :)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-17708955819068155062012-04-16T19:12:49.815+01:002012-04-16T19:12:49.815+01:00Nice one, and I love the wordplay with the title. ...Nice one, and I love the wordplay with the title. <br /><br />Now I have Peter & Gordon stuck in my head singing, "I don't care what they say, I won't stay in a world without love."Tim VanSant Writeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17614259042362664840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-22286154686128960742012-04-15T17:40:18.299+01:002012-04-15T17:40:18.299+01:00Icy, thank you so much for your very kind words, s...Icy, thank you so much for your very kind words, some stories come together better than others, and comments like this are a real confidence boost. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-29015137422053121482012-04-15T17:03:25.126+01:002012-04-15T17:03:25.126+01:00Your writing is just getting better and better. Br...Your writing is just getting better and better. Brilliant idea, and neat take on the phrase.Icy Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-3692305284703367672012-04-15T14:36:04.077+01:002012-04-15T14:36:04.077+01:00Thanks Richard. I'm not sure that anything els...Thanks Richard. I'm not sure that anything else would be capable of growing and multiplying though. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-68257284974009971472012-04-15T05:06:42.149+01:002012-04-15T05:06:42.149+01:00Thought provoking piece, and surely there's no...Thought provoking piece, and surely there's no shortage of real world forms for this mysterious entity.liminalfictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08762010680878316253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-58900066901950303912012-04-14T22:49:48.727+01:002012-04-14T22:49:48.727+01:00Thank you Craig. :-)
I laugh along with you at L...Thank you Craig. :-)<br /><br />I laugh along with you at Larry's comment about the emo kids too.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-28403486039955752402012-04-14T22:41:35.878+01:002012-04-14T22:41:35.878+01:00That's a killer love virus! And I swear it has...That's a killer love virus! And I swear it has struck me a few times. <br /><br />Great concept, brilliantly done.Craig Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07176851401465801580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-61609484251027382012-04-14T22:38:51.181+01:002012-04-14T22:38:51.181+01:00"Although it might choke when it hits a pack ..."Although it might choke when it hits a pack of emo kids!"<br /><br />Haha!Craig Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07176851401465801580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-48868454103150904172012-04-14T15:34:02.904+01:002012-04-14T15:34:02.904+01:00Thanks John. To fight back, first the enemy would ...Thanks John. To fight back, first the enemy would have to be identified, I'm not sure just how likely that would be given the nature of the entity, it is more like something made from pure thought (or something like that, LOL) But you've got my head spinning a little with your thoughts here John. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-22989127801864017012012-04-14T15:29:32.058+01:002012-04-14T15:29:32.058+01:00Hahahaha!!! Oh Larry, I just love this comment. :-...Hahahaha!!! Oh Larry, I just love this comment. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-72149607143272515562012-04-14T15:16:02.203+01:002012-04-14T15:16:02.203+01:00Interesting idea, as always. A part of me wants to...Interesting idea, as always. A part of me wants to know the part of the story where we fight back, if we defeat it by overloading it with dark emotions, or overload it with bright emotions, or make it understand the emotions it consumes and destroy it by making it consume its own guilt... or whether we ultimately fail, but give it one hell of a fight on the way down...<br /><br />Ooh, or a world set after it is defeated, with ghettos of the emotionless, hidden away from those that survived (or ghettos of the survivors, if there were so few). I imagine there are nefarious uses the governments would find for an individual without emotions. The perfect soldier? I shudder to think...<br /><br />A great concept, Steve. Certainly got me thinking... ;DJohn Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-44240251132726163072012-04-14T13:34:15.237+01:002012-04-14T13:34:15.237+01:00I always thought emotions were a renewable resourc...I always thought emotions were a renewable resource — sounds like it took love and hate, altruism and greed, in equal measure. Although it might choke when it hits a pack of emo kids!<br /><br />Or maybe this is how Vulcan got started?Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-32953720229143726002012-04-14T13:06:25.392+01:002012-04-14T13:06:25.392+01:00I think you're right Danni, it would be much b...I think you're right Danni, it would be much better to have our negative emotions stolen, rather than the nice ones, wouldn't it?Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-45259022593338610972012-04-14T13:05:12.951+01:002012-04-14T13:05:12.951+01:00Yes, it probably would starve eventually, or maybe...Yes, it probably would starve eventually, or maybe just start to un-subdivide as the food source dwindles, I hadn't really thought that far into the story. Jeez, I might have to write a part two now. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-31615417147498752532012-04-14T13:02:29.128+01:002012-04-14T13:02:29.128+01:00Hi Marc, I enjoy writing these low word count stor...Hi Marc, I enjoy writing these low word count stories, and it's nice to be appreciated too, thank you. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-65672231029206479062012-04-14T12:59:34.112+01:002012-04-14T12:59:34.112+01:00Haha! Yeah, I think it's already in politics P...Haha! Yeah, I think it's already in politics Peter, if our government is anything to go by. Maybe that's where it originated from?Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-22590698714201716262012-04-14T12:58:31.537+01:002012-04-14T12:58:31.537+01:00In a way I suppose this is another apocalyptic sto...In a way I suppose this is another apocalyptic story, the whole of the World's love and good feelings would eventually all be consumed by this being.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-1950807483275087052012-04-14T12:57:01.846+01:002012-04-14T12:57:01.846+01:00I've never heard of the Rider plagues, John. T...I've never heard of the Rider plagues, John. This was another of those times where I worked on a concept, but didn't give much detail about the entitiy, and so left room for the reader to fill in some of the blanks.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-25893794505455574002012-04-14T03:56:15.745+01:002012-04-14T03:56:15.745+01:00I've ready many stories where something feeds ...I've ready many stories where something feeds on fear, chaos, anger, but never love. To steal that is so much worse.Danielle La Pagliahttp://www.daniellelapaglia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-5561125898535424632012-04-14T01:40:53.520+01:002012-04-14T01:40:53.520+01:00Great title. The subdividing creatures going to st...Great title. The subdividing creatures going to starve eventually, but I don't think we'll last without happiness until it dies.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14170148559429001125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-85618765371388769432012-04-13T20:16:26.382+01:002012-04-13T20:16:26.382+01:00I think we're at this point now aren't we?...I think we're at this point now aren't we? very nicely done, I enjoyed this immensely.<br /><br />Marc NashSulci Collectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-44355902369679651952012-04-13T16:14:44.656+01:002012-04-13T16:14:44.656+01:00I assume at some point it goes into politics...
I...I assume at some point it goes into politics...<br /><br />I like the fact that the people remain functional, just empty. That's way more chilling than just killing them.Peter Newmanhttp://www.runpetewrite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-34974440271832946012012-04-13T07:52:15.091+01:002012-04-13T07:52:15.091+01:00Oh everyone become devoid of emotion, how sad, how...Oh everyone become devoid of emotion, how sad, how empty their lives would be. How fat the creature would become.<br /><br />This was chilling in a way, that the unseen can be, where it creeps through the night, and no one knows it's been until it's gone.Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-89359351170755460552012-04-13T03:27:49.602+01:002012-04-13T03:27:49.602+01:00Hmm. A calamity of emotion, of time and space, or ...Hmm. A calamity of emotion, of time and space, or really just a disease? Seems like one of the Rider plagues.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.com