Story Time

[aesmael]

Originally published at a denizen's entertainment. You can comment here or there.

Another month, another story posted and a new book created to hold it. Previous stories were posted under Fictions, intended for keeping minor one-off stories from cluttering the page. The new book is Numbered Tales.

As indicated on the page itself, these are a set of stories I devised back in 2002. Each story is assigned its own number and told mostly as a series of short tales. Only the first four listed for now, though; 05 is more of a hypertextual work and I am uncertain how to present it.

I have not written as much of these in the years since. Only the first story for each, although there are some spinoffs. The story posted, Maricia, actually serves as a prequel for its series. Scanning it again for posting and formatting, I am not sure I like it now. It was written when I was seventeen, for a competition for a women's magazine. Never heard back from them, but for $3,000 I think it was worth a shot (this remains the only work I have submitted for publication, in fact).

I am not sure if I like this story now, or the other numbered tales. There are elements I am fond of and others which bother me, so possibly there will be a reworking of this and the others in the future. They are not meant to be especially serious works, but I want to feel I have written them well. I want to have pride and enjoyment for what I have done.