Upwards and onwards

One of my favorite movies is this 3-minute French short, "Perils of Love." I actually played it during my interview a few years back to get hired at the high school where I taught in Chicago. For those of you unfamiliar, it's available for watching on YouTube.

I had a dream the other night - actually a half-dream, half-awake composition, which is the best kind - that was animated in the same style. So I wrote it as a short short story, "Stairs." I was trying to invoke that animated feel, but it is a 1st draft, which of course means it is terrible.

You can read the story here.

--- Oh, and update re: the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Competition. My story for Round 1 placed in 7th Place (out of my group of 24 writers). My next story for Round 2 will be judged and its score combined with Round 1 for a total score. The Top 5 writers from each group by combined score go on to the next stage, so I'd have to do even better this time around. But either way, it's an excuse to write. And drink! That's what writers do.