Monday 28 June 2010

Strange Carnivorous Freebie

What can you do with a short story which didn't make it to an anthology? Well, make it a freebie!

Do you know what is worse than your boyfriend meeting your parents? Him meeting all your family including drunk aunt and adolescent cousin. Oh, and your boyfriend is an alien. This can't possibly go well, can it?

Enjoy Strange Carnivorous Flowers From Outer Space.

11 comments:

  1. Great story, Matthew! You were able to pack so much in to such a short story. Terrific stuff. :)

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  2. I can't understand why this would be rejected, I think it's genious. Maybe someone identified with Aunt Elspeth? :)

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  3. Kris: Ohhh, thank you, sweetheart!
    Mat: Thanks. :-) As for why it was rejected - dunno. *shrugs*

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  4. That was a fun story, Matthew! Thanks for sharing it.

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  5. I just read this. Very funny, Aunt Elspeth was a hoot. It was also very touching what Luke said to his father. *sniff* Great job.

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  6. Thank you, thank you. My ego desperately needs some stroking. :-)

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  7. Hi Matthew
    I downloaded and read your story from Feedbooks and, as I enjoyed it immensely, I included a brief review on one of my blogs. (Anneke's Completely Biased Cultural Advice www.acbca.blogspot.com)
    I hope you don't mind. (Don't worry, my blogs are pretty embryonic and not many people read them).
    I'd be happy to include a reference to your blog at the bottom of the article if you would like. Feel free to leave a comment on my blog to that effect or comment otherwise. Regards Anneke

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  8. Thank you, Anneke. I'm actually glad you did a review. :-) Feel free to post it wherever you want.

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  9. Hey man i read your story last night i loved it I was so sad that it ended it was really awesome.

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  10. I wish this were longer. I was having a miserable day until I read this. Thank you!

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