http://www.everydayfiction.com/one-dark-night-by-michael-d-turner/ Short fiction in your inbox, Daily! Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:55:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.everydayfiction.com/one-dark-night-by-michael-d-turner/#comment-4268 March’s Table of Contents | Every Day Fiction Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:58:34 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/one-dark-night-by-michael-d-turner/#comment-4268 [...] One Dark Night [...] [...] One Dark Night [...]

]]> http://www.everydayfiction.com/one-dark-night-by-michael-d-turner/#comment-4045 Michael D. Turner Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:39:57 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/one-dark-night-by-michael-d-turner/#comment-4045 Yes I can't really expand on this one, because it is itself a contraction of a classic pulp story. That was the idea, of course. It makes for an easier task of writing something this short. Unlike say, my werewolf story, which I managed the entire story from begining to end in a few short paragraphs, the only way to fit this sort of thing into so short a format is to remove the bulk of what makes up a true sword and sorcery epic-- which is the action, the long build up of tension as the dramatis personi play out their roles and cut straight through to the conclusuion and denoument. To do that, I aped a rather well known piece of work-- the seminal writer of S&S's best known story of this kind. Trying to distill that piece (which has become sort-of generic in its feel due to so many writers reworking it to their own ends) down to the essentials of the story. I twisted the plot all out of shape, of course, but still. . . . Yes I can’t really expand on this one, because it is itself a contraction of a classic pulp story. That was the idea, of course.
It makes for an easier task of writing something this short. Unlike say, my werewolf story, which I managed the entire story from begining to end in a few short paragraphs, the only way to fit this sort of thing into so short a format is to remove the bulk of what makes up a true sword and sorcery epic– which is the action, the long build up of tension as the dramatis personi play out their roles and cut straight through to the conclusuion and denoument.
To do that, I aped a rather well known piece of work– the seminal writer of S&S’s best known story of this kind. Trying to distill that piece (which has become sort-of generic in its feel due to so many writers reworking it to their own ends) down to the essentials of the story. I twisted the plot all out of shape, of course, but still. . . .

]]> http://www.everydayfiction.com/one-dark-night-by-michael-d-turner/#comment-4044 Nik Hawkins Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:23:27 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/one-dark-night-by-michael-d-turner/#comment-4044 I don't know, Nicholas. Do you think the bio was hyperbolized =)? I don’t know, Nicholas. Do you think the bio was hyperbolized =)?

]]> http://www.everydayfiction.com/one-dark-night-by-michael-d-turner/#comment-4043 Deann Allen Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:19:15 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/one-dark-night-by-michael-d-turner/#comment-4043 Avis, if you want an expanded version, just go read Robert E. Howard's "The Phoenix on the Sword." :D Avis, if you want an expanded version, just go read Robert E. Howard’s “The Phoenix on the Sword.”

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