182

I finished story 182, "That Feeling You're Feeling," and sent it out. It's about a guy who captures snapshots of people's emotions when they're absolutely miserable, then posts them for his subscribers. His life is about to shift around him. I'm pretty happy with it. Let's see how it does. 

New Stories

 My story, "I Was Meant to Live Another Thousand Years," is up at Kaleidotrope right now. Take a look: https://kaleidotrope.net/summer-2021/i-was-meant-to-live-another-thousand-years-by-matthew-sanborn-smith/

In the past couple of weeks I've written a couple of short pieces. A twitfic called "Afterglow," (Number 180 of the One-Thousand) and a flash piece (unless you feel 1,400 words is too long for a flash piece) called "Tempus Fuhg It."  (181)

Colonoscopy tomorrow! How exciting. An all-translucent liquid diet yesterday and today, three(!) rounds of laxatives, and a sore bum-bum.

Where was I?

Wow. I had to come here to look something up and realized I haven't posted in six months! Here are a few new things: I've been vaccinated, I recently went out and did stuff with friends for the first time in sixteen months, and I have a new story coming out in Kaleidotrope next month called, "I Was Meant to Live Another Thousand Years." I'll try to link it here when it comes out, and I'll try to post more often. Bye!

The Shallow One

Check out my latest, "The Shallow One," at the Drabblecast. It's Lovecraft, only funny and with an inspirational message. So, It's not really Lovecraft. But you'll love it, so go listen. To hear the audio, scroll down past the print version of the story. Terrific art by Leonardo d'Almeida. Click here to listen: https://www.drabblecast.org/2020/12/12/drabblecast-437-the-shallow-one/

 

176 and 177

I finished story 176 about three weeks ago, a flash piece called "Between Worlds," about a guy on a journey that's longer than what might be healthy. Just finished 177 a few minutes ago. It's called "Those Who Live in Negative Space," and it's 8,500 words long. The narrator takes an unknown someone on a tour of a great artist's sculptures that might change their entire worldview.

174 and 175

In the last month I've finished two more stories, "The Shallow One" (174 of the One-Thousand), a light-hearted Lovecraftian story which was commissioned by the Drabblecast to run later this month, and "Turf War 2200" (175), which is a goofy piece of flash fiction about a fight using lawn equipment and that fight's consequences.

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Listen To My Latest

Art by Carly Heath

Listen to my two latest stories at the Drabblecast. Episode 427 includes my very short stories, "Life and Times" (140 of the One-Thousand), and "Sometimes I'm a Chair" (150). You can read them there also, but scroll to the player at the bottom if you want to listen: https://www.drabblecast.org/2020/07/04/drabblecast-427-doubleheader-matthew-sanborn-smith/

173

Just finished and submitted my 173rd story, "Three Princesses," a fantasy retelling of "The Three Princes of Serendip," told in a science fictional setting. That's my 940th submission.

David C Roy's Kinetic Sculptures

172

Finished story 172 last week. It's called "Expiration Date."

171

Oops.I finished 171 a month ago. Instead of calling it, "A Sensitive Woman," I changed the title to, "Their Heads Filled to Bursting."

170

About a week and a half ago, I finished story 170, a flash fiction piece called, "You Will Find Yourself Buried Beneath Rubble." I wouldn't be surprised if I finish 171 soon, probably called, "A Sensitive Woman."

New Fluff Cover

 

I had to redo the cover for the e-version of Fluff and Buttons on the Teddy Bear Range because modern resolution meant the old one was too small, but I've been unhappy with the text on the old one for a long time. It looked too blurry in the thumbnail. So here's the new cover. If you're hankering to read it, it's on Amazon, and back on Barnes and Noble and Kobo for the first time in years.