Another day, more writing! I’d like to thank everyone once again for stopping by whether you stumbled upon my little site here or facebook caught your attention. Either way I could barely sleep last night I was so excited to write more! It’s definitely more motivating knowing people actually may read what you’ve written!
Now that we’ve passed that, I’d like to redirect you to two of my short stories on the right side of the page. I’ve been writing on and off for quite some time and these are both products of me bunkering down and actually finishing a story. They’re a few months old, however I think they do represent where I stand as a creative writer at this point in time. Hopefully the short summaries below will urge you to read and hopefully enjoy them!
The Runner was something actually that was inspired from the video game Mirror’s Edge by Electronic Arts. I was trying to consider how to write an action packed short story and decided to give it a go. The story’s background is rooted in a society in which Parkour Couriers are the main means of delivery within a city. Considered by most to be of an urban ninja type, these Couriers are used both commercially and underground. Tracked via GPS and guided by an appointed operator, the couriers must manage the urban jungle and make the delivery quickly, efficiently and without notice. However since there is little to no competition for these type of companies, the only real threat they have is an underground group called the Interceptors. Plain and simple, their purpose is to acquire the package before it is delivered and ransom it to the highest bidder. The story writing is done in short chunks, broken up by the passing of time. The entire story happens within an hour and a half and after rewatching The Matrix, feels a lot like Neo running from all the agents toward the end.
The Mediocre Assassin started out as a short story just to write for the sake of writing. I hope to one day turn it into a script for a TV show or podcast radio drama. The story surrounds an average guy, Sherman, who is trying to keep his head above water as his debts pile up. While he is actually a really well trained assassin, he is constantly tested by his bad luck which has kept him out of the top ten list of assassins for years. Being number eleven he is frequently passed the worst of the jobs as the top ten get first pick. His gun repeatedly lets him down and he frequently has to improvise the kill, it has made him quite good at cleaning up the evidence at the scene of a crime however. I just noticed that google docs has butchered the formatting of the original document but it is still readable in its current form. Note to self: Fix that ASAP.
Well that is all for today, hopefully someone out there will give them a pass over (if you haven’t already) and I am on my way to post again on IGN. Wish me luck and I wish you all the best out there!