"RABBIT CHASER" is a somewhat dark and one might even say creepy fast fiction that is written in a William Burroughs vein. The visual inspiration comes from Pieter Frank de Jong, a gentleman who emailed me some images a couple days ago. One of the pieces I liked the most was this:
Often I joke around in the short-short stories at this blog but today I was in the mood for darkness. If you would prefer a simple chuckle at the stupidity of drugs check out this news item about a guy who tried to smuggle drugs beneath a wig. That story is great for those of you who want a laugh but today's fast fiction is a very bleak take on addiction.
She sits slack at the table with her eyes bagged out in brown pouches that might be concealing some new wonder drug for those with the money to cut their way through despicable crimes. Yeah, it's great but it'll cost you big time. Don't ask where it comes from, it'll ruin your trip. Just keep your eyes on the tree branches around her that reach down with unnatural cravings. Clawing for under her skin. Or so it seems. Or so they told me.
She waits for the man who promised to take her away from all this. From the bone white picnic table that creaks beneath her like a withered old man that barely holds her up. Grandfather time with a bad ticker. Apparently, time's about to croak. Or so he told me. Or so he groaned to me.
I'll be there half past the hour, just hold on, he said. He was so honest, she could smell it. She wanted to touch him, feel something so soft within him. Or so she believed.
But she knows where the holes are that she can run into to end her thick, suffocating desires. Her tenous grip on resolve is slipping. She grips onto something to solve her tenous slippings.
Oh here he is, she smiles. Here he comes. The one I've been waiting for. The rabbit to chase down the hole.
Often I joke around in the short-short stories at this blog but today I was in the mood for darkness. If you would prefer a simple chuckle at the stupidity of drugs check out this news item about a guy who tried to smuggle drugs beneath a wig. That story is great for those of you who want a laugh but today's fast fiction is a very bleak take on addiction.
"RABBIT CHASER"
She sits slack at the table with her eyes bagged out in brown pouches that might be concealing some new wonder drug for those with the money to cut their way through despicable crimes. Yeah, it's great but it'll cost you big time. Don't ask where it comes from, it'll ruin your trip. Just keep your eyes on the tree branches around her that reach down with unnatural cravings. Clawing for under her skin. Or so it seems. Or so they told me.
She waits for the man who promised to take her away from all this. From the bone white picnic table that creaks beneath her like a withered old man that barely holds her up. Grandfather time with a bad ticker. Apparently, time's about to croak. Or so he told me. Or so he groaned to me.
I'll be there half past the hour, just hold on, he said. He was so honest, she could smell it. She wanted to touch him, feel something so soft within him. Or so she believed.
But she knows where the holes are that she can run into to end her thick, suffocating desires. Her tenous grip on resolve is slipping. She grips onto something to solve her tenous slippings.
Oh here he is, she smiles. Here he comes. The one I've been waiting for. The rabbit to chase down the hole.
posted by kevin spenst at 5:28 PM
1 Comments:
Hey Kevin,
The Alice piece you've written a fast fiction about is also one of my favourites. It was an assignment from one of my teachers at Academie Minerva, Groningen, the Netherlands.(I'm an 4th year illustration student) We were suppused to get inspired by the tea party in Alice in wonderland, but not to make an standard illustration about it. Bart (the teacher) wanted us to think black. I've enjoyed reading the fast fiction you have written very much, I really think it hits the mood of the illustration! I can't wait to read the one you've planned to write about story.jpg I think your website is a great initiative. It's good to inspire other people and to get inspired by other peoples work.
Best,
Pieter
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