Ghost

I was a participant in an online course on creative writing, twisted text once again, conducted by Frida. This blog has some useful references, including links to Douglas Adams' The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series of books.

At that time PeeJ was a co-participant. PeeJ, according to me, has excellent writing skills - even at the time when he was a participant in the said course. He turned in the following short story, Ghost, as homework for one of the sessions. One should go over his different writings.

Frida 'disappeared' from the blogworld midway through the course; I wonder what happened to her. :(

Storytime with Alpha and Rhyncus

Alpha & Rhyncus - sounds Greek? Sure does!

Apart from seeming to share a common heritage, they also seem to share a literary bond, in that Alpha ('s real life incidents) has proved to be the muse of some of Rhyncus's writings.

Alpha's - Good Samaritan under Trial - poses a Great Dilemma. One can only speculate what could have been, had Alpha.....
Now stop tut.. tutting and read what Rhyncus has to say - Chivalry is death.
Ah, Now you understand!

Here is another episode from Alpha's life - Encounter in The Train, and Rhyncus completes the story by giving a gripping account of the other side - Close Encounters of The Train Kind.

Vaarwel. Does that sound Dutch? How right you are! It is indeed Goodbye in Dutch.

Storytime

I haven't done any real bloghopping these days. At odd intervals I do check out my regular blogs. I then remembered a short story that I had read as a child, which had a huge impact on me. Though I did not remember the details of the story, I remembered that it had to do with moral values; I also remembered the title of the story, The Bottle Imp.

Then there was Google, and in a matter of a few minutes, I had a link to an online resource(link given above), in addition to having a Wiki entry. The story is by R L Stevenson, the author of Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, apart from numerous other novels and stories.

Enjoy.

PS: Visited Itchy's blog just now. What a makeover! She has added a lot of timepass widgets. Good for a lonely weekend.