Favourite piece

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Wed, 2001-10-17 09:18

Favourite piece

You know when you're in a crowded bar, waiting to get served and the barman comes and you say, "This person was here before me" ?

A story/poem that in the event of some talent scout turning up, you would feel morally obliged to say, "No, you should read this one before one of mine. "

Or, if we are all too venal to ever do that, just your favourite piece on the site that isn't your own.

Rules :-

You can't nominate your own, or a relatives
Please give the reference address - just the S=XXXX in the address bar of the story/poem
Please say why you picked that particular piece

Fri, 2001-10-19 11:34

fish

i wouldn't mind having written chant's "a room of my own" either ... (note to eds ... both stories i have picked languish cruelly uncherried)

Fri, 2001-10-19 12:27

andrew pack

Crikey ! I thought I'd pressed cherry on Chant's piece when I read it earlier this week - but having gone back, it hadn't worked. A very good piece of writing, and sorry that you didn't get the cherry first time of asking. A thank you to Fish might be in order.

Fri, 2001-10-19 12:45

chant

fish, i love you. perhaps we could have cyber-children together. andrew, i love you too. but less.

Fri, 2001-10-19 13:01

andrew pack

I can take that cherry down you know Chant... If you had cyber-kids, they'd be called Ivorfishchant (inevitably going to be a Grimsby Town supporter then...)

Fri, 2001-10-19 14:00

Linsi

Stormys' "Zacs last bottle" PoetJudes "Magic Mushrooms"

Fri, 2001-10-19 14:31

the professor o...

story: Ivoryfishcake's "Meeting Mother" - taut, funny, very well observed and containing a wonderfully subversive narrative voice. poem: Sir Eddie's "lonely bed" poem, which I now can't find.....

Sun, 2001-10-21 23:04

funky_seagull

Having just watched the film 'Lord of illusions' written and directed by Clive Barker. Reading this was very surreal. 'The unorthodox world of mister glass' http://www.abctales.com/abcplex/viewStory.cgi?s=8113 A good piece man...

Sun, 2001-10-21 23:40

funky_seagull

I would like to nominate these two pieces as well 'Saturdaynight/Sunday morning' http://www.abctales.com/abcplex/viewStory.cgi?s=10048 'dreamscape' http://www.abctales.com/abcplex/viewStory.cgi?s=10197

Sun, 2001-10-21 23:50

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funky_seagull

'Deadly Night Shade' http://www.abctales.com/abcplex/viewstory.cgi?s=6024 This is a good vampire story.

Wed, 2001-10-17 16:06

#11

fish

blimey andrew ... you are too fond of the difficult question ... there are loads on the site ... i can't pick a favourite ... but ... recently the poem about the hiroshima museum by will tate - http://www.abctales.com/abcplex/viewStory.cgi?s=10337 and for a story mark k. Helping People Is Wrong - http://www.abctales.com/abcplex/viewStory.cgi?s=10337

Wed, 2001-10-17 18:15

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funky_seagull

http://www.abctales.com/abcplex/viewstory.cgi?s=2934 its called ' a battle cry.' by deepthought I really like this piece cause it is real. The harsh realities of war and how tragic war is. How cold and savage human beings can be towards each other at times. How the guy your gonna shoot with the fatal bullet is a guy just like you with a family back home who love him. The grim fear when the enemy are coming at you with bullets and your having to kill in self-defence and sheer survival, the horror of war and the tragedy of war. The bit at the end sums it up really well. How if you look into an old persons eyes... they know about how precious life is and how short it is.. and how it is important to live life to the fullest. (There are so many stories on here I like... I may come back in a few days to this thread with some other pieces that I like).

Wed, 2001-10-17 18:38

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Andrea

Loved that story by Mark.K too, Fish. He deserves more recognition...

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