Excellent, Dan. I've been looking forward to the next instalment. It's great going in with just the title and then seeing what world and scene you crafted. Highly believable as something from the near future (especially in our current times as you say) or from the far past.
Fave line: "the Ochil Hills cocooning the valley"
Just listened to the track, too. Really great. Love that snare.
Looking forward to each of the remaining stories. It's curious how worlds so far apart can mirror each other. I grew up on farmland a mile from our nearest neighbor, and not far from a military base. It felt so isolated. Giant military aircraft would sometimes fly over the mountain at the end of our field and slowly make their way across, disappearing above the treetops just past our house. In those days, to a child, it was a curiosity. Today, it would likely take on another vibe entirely.
Also, I was today years old when I found out that the author of my favorite childhood series of books - The Tripods - wrote under a pen name. I don't know why I never thought to look up his other works until now. I just ordered "The Death of Grass" from my local indie shop. Thank you!
Stay safe, and I look forward to reading the rest of this series!
brings back memories that one... great idea! you've got me thinking about doing that for Violator the classic depeche mode album that's 35 years old last week. was featured on 6 music 1990 all day DM tribute. huge fan
Of course the difficulty is, and certainly would be with Depeche Mode, that the existing lyrics are so great you get tempted to base your story on them rather than just the title. I’ve written my story version of the song Chance by Big Country and there’s definitely some inspiration taken from the lyrics as well as the title. Just couldn’t help myself! 😁
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Excellent, Dan. I've been looking forward to the next instalment. It's great going in with just the title and then seeing what world and scene you crafted. Highly believable as something from the near future (especially in our current times as you say) or from the far past.
Fave line: "the Ochil Hills cocooning the valley"
Just listened to the track, too. Really great. Love that snare.
Thanks very much Nathan 🙏
Yeah, that’s one of my favourite tracks 🎵 👍🏼😁
Looking forward to each of the remaining stories. It's curious how worlds so far apart can mirror each other. I grew up on farmland a mile from our nearest neighbor, and not far from a military base. It felt so isolated. Giant military aircraft would sometimes fly over the mountain at the end of our field and slowly make their way across, disappearing above the treetops just past our house. In those days, to a child, it was a curiosity. Today, it would likely take on another vibe entirely.
Also, I was today years old when I found out that the author of my favorite childhood series of books - The Tripods - wrote under a pen name. I don't know why I never thought to look up his other works until now. I just ordered "The Death of Grass" from my local indie shop. Thank you!
Stay safe, and I look forward to reading the rest of this series!
Thanks very much Aaron 🙏
Hope you enjoy Death of Grass. It’s very British and a bit old fashioned but I still find it a frightening apocalyptic novel 👍🏼
It might be difficult to avoid writing ten stories about sado masochistic sex, clothing fetishes and drug fuelled torment... 🤔
Well, I would read them! 😆
brings back memories that one... great idea! you've got me thinking about doing that for Violator the classic depeche mode album that's 35 years old last week. was featured on 6 music 1990 all day DM tribute. huge fan
Thanks very much Nick 🙏
You should give it a go 👍🏼
Of course the difficulty is, and certainly would be with Depeche Mode, that the existing lyrics are so great you get tempted to base your story on them rather than just the title. I’ve written my story version of the song Chance by Big Country and there’s definitely some inspiration taken from the lyrics as well as the title. Just couldn’t help myself! 😁
Not gonna lie: I was secretly hoping you were taking a stab at writing a Western with this one.
With a title like that, I was tempted, but that’s not a genre for me. I’ll leave that to the masters 😁👍🏼
Hi there,It’s nice to meet you. I work as a digital artist on comic books, character designs, concepts,manga arts, book covers, fan art, company logos, and other related art forms. I noticed your page and thought you might be interested in my illustration services! Would you be interested in an illustration design?