{ fic rec: black box. }

[delga]

I haven't done this in a while, but today feels like a good day for it. If you have five minutes, head over to tigertrapped's journal and read her latest flash fiction, Black Box. No summary because I don't want to give anything away, but it's a true exemplar of the flash format, as well as Tiger's veritable skill. Nobody does show, not tell quite so well.

edit: Alas, the post is locked. Tiger, however, is more than kindly, so if you friend her, I'm sure she'll return the effort.

Comments

[tigertrapped.livejournal.com]

Thank you again for this - and my apologies for the lockdown but it's purely because of that "previously unpublished" rule. I will always friend without question.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

No apologies necessary; like I said, I should have checked.

That rule has got to be one of the most infuriating things I've encountered. A year a go, a fic writer I really enjoyed reading just disappeared over night because she was finally being published. Which is great! But I still miss her work.

[tigertrapped.livejournal.com]

I shall simply change my name and hide if I'm lucky enough go mainstream. Couldn't hope to hide all the smut and stuff I've written in the last 3 years.

[emmademarais.livejournal.com]

Is this fic or fiction? If fic, what fandom? If fiction any chance I can get it emailed? To me it's rude to friend out of greed so I wouldn't friend just to read a recced fic. (I barely friend as it is - I'm shy. Hehehe)

[tigertrapped.livejournal.com]

If's fiction, short, 400 words. I'll happily email it to you. Drop me your address at tigertrapped@gmail.com. I'd be interested in your thoughts on it as some readers (quite a few in fact) have told me it's too oblique.