Lew was trying very hard not to shift in the chair, as much as his backside wanted to, because as far as he could tell the chair had been mended several times with little more than imagination. He admired the amount of imagination, of course, but he still had his doubts.
He could barely hear the rumble of raised voices - or, anyway, of one raised voice that just wouldn't stop - through the door. This had been going on since he'd arrived. His only other diversion was reading a sign that was posted in front of him.
By telling your story, you are accepting the following terms:
1. No returns or exchanges.
2. You may not place limits on who can access your story.
3. You may not place limits on when your story may be accessed.
4. Factual stories are acceptable.
5. Fictional stories are also acceptable.
6. Stories that mix fact and fiction may be acceptable. In some cases these stories may be traded only for stories with a similar index of reliability.
He wasn't surprised to see that these Terms hadn't changed in the three minutes since he'd read them last. They were about what he'd expected: he'd heard the stories. One of those stories seemed to be playing itself out on the other side of the door. Otherwise this tunnel deep below the streets of Retropolis was empty, and unnerving in its silence.
There was no way of knowing how many people had gradually worn down this ancient chair, but he still wondered... and then corrected himself. One thing Lew was certain of was that you had to control your curiosity down here. It doesn't do to ask questions when you don't know what the answers will cost.
He realized that his wait was just about over when the shouting got louder and closer to the doo
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February 17th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
Could you add an RSS feed? That way I can add it to Google Reader. Thanks!
February 17th, 2011 at 11:42 pm
You wouldn’t see the post, if I did: each of these pages is actually a series of variables that your RSS reader wouldn’t know how to display. About the best you’d get would be that you’d know there *was* a new page – but you’d still need to come here to read it.
February 20th, 2011 at 11:42 am
Actually, knowing that there *was* a new page would be quite valuable; a number of webcomics indicate a new page without rendering it in RSS and it reminds you to go read it. Otherwise I’ll lose track. Thanks.
February 20th, 2011 at 11:57 am
Well, no promises, but I’ll have a look at how I can do notifications. It does seem like a neat idea.
March 1st, 2011 at 10:47 am
Okay, I’ve set up an RSS feed for page update notifications. You can subscribe to it here.
February 22nd, 2011 at 7:54 pm
So of course I am dying to know- if most people avoid the Clock….. how did the girl serving it get her job? How does one apply/get that job? Does she like it? Or want out? Was there some kind of deal with the devil to save herself so she chose to serve for a period of years…like an indentured servant?
So many questions…sigh. Love it!
February 22nd, 2011 at 10:56 pm
You’ll definitely come to see quite a bit about how Tallie and the Book get along… though possibly not about why. But the relationship between them is awfully important to where the story’s headed.
