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Flash Fiction By: T. M. Vornes
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Fast paced footsteps draw nearer; their direction unknown. The footsteps stop suddenly only to be interrupted by a clattering of trashcans being strewn about as a body hits wet pavement. The person cries out in agony, obviously in pain but also to throw a bit of a tantrum. One of the trashcans is clearly kicked as the body makes it’s way back to its feet. Heavy breathing draws closer to the looming darkness. The swinging open then dramatic slamming of a door briefly interrupts the darkness. A silhouette of a man showed as the light graced the darkness for mere seconds. His fingers were thick against the frame of the door His hair hung long and matted, possibly wet from the rain. The source of the light was unknown bi it afforded the darkness life. Life it would soon long for once more. After slamming the door the man fell to the ground sitting back against the door. He welcomed the black void, the silence. It was a comfort to him. There are no windows nor cracks or seems at the door. No light creeps in nor darkness seeps out.
“We’ve lost him!” a man screams minutes later.
“Doesn’t matter.” Another man says in passing. “I shot him dead to rights. Its really only a matter of time.” The men outside grow quiet as their footsteps become more faint in the distance. Still Huddled against the door in the darkness, the man’s breathing pucks up. A rustling in the darkness alerts the man's senses. He strikes a lighter piercing the darkness momentarily. It doesn’t catch fire. A task so remedial weighs on him heavily. Curious to see something, anything he powers through the task focusing to get it struck this time. As he figured, the room is an abandoned wreck. It is ugly and unsettling. Out of the darkness tiny eyes glare at him before blinking and scurrying off into the darkness once more. With death in the air he drops his head in dismay.
I’m right where I belong. He thinks to himself with a slight whimpering in his throat.
Between his legs he notices an old tattered photograph partially burned and partially gnawed on by rodents sticking out from under a rug. The scene is simple enough. A couple sits on their hotel room patio. They can be seen through the patio door. The two queen sized beds suggest they may be more friendly than romantic. The man squints feeling his sight fail him. He notices their faces and fantasizes about the joys the two spoke of. He chuckles to himself realizing he no longer sees the man who is actually in the photo but himself. He longs for the joy the photo offers up.
She loved me despite my flaws and I loved her because of hers. I accept this fate knowing she loved me. The man
A smile crosses his face once more before the dancing flame snaps closed snatching the black void back to reality; it erases any life once prominent. A wheezing hiss and throaty gurgle breaks the silence followed by the clatter of the lighter tumbling from a short fall out of lifeless fingers.
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Flash Fiction
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Chaos For The Fly
Pam sits on her bed smoking a cigarette. The
Addams Family movie is showing on her television. Pam’s only conscious
behavior is the mechanical way she lifts her hand to her lips and takes a long
drag from her cigarette. With each drag her
chest heaves in deep unison. Each
heaving inhale is followed by another mechanical movement of her arm over to an
ashtray resting on a nightstand. Her
gaze unchanged as she exhales a cloud of smoke that drifts into the air. Its thick at first then dissipates near the
foot of the bed where her sleeping child lies.
She’s heavily focused on nothing while mechanically pulling the
cigarette to her lips dragging again systematically before ending with a few
taps over an ashtray.
A rustling can be heard outside of Pam’s open door. Through her window she can make out two men
fighting near the tree line. The two men fighting become several men in uniform
detaining a wiry looking individual. Pam
moves quickly to close her curtains and shuts her door. As she closes her door she sees flashing blue
and red lights coming up her drive. Police sirens over take the once peaceful
quiet night. Pam’s heart races as she
takes more frequent and less mechanical pulls from her cigarette. She finishes it, dabs it out in her ashtray
and lights another. The newly lit
cigarette dangles from her clenched lips as she looks around for her robe. While searching she feels her ponytail brush
her shoulders agitating her so she wraps it around into a tight bun. With both hands moving frantically to pin her
bun tightly, Pam exhales smoke from both sides of her mouth while the center of
her lips are still clenched tight on her cigarette. Pam jumps, startled by three heavy knocks at
her door.
“Just
a moment!” she yells, pulling on her robe.
The robe is a cotton blend, thin, light and no match for the
curves of her body. Her shape easily perceived as the robe draped her
frame. She exhales still clenching the
cigarette. She quickly looks herself
over and decides to tighten her belt and pull her lapels apart. Doing so
exposes her cleavage protruding past the laced edge of her nighty. When she opens the door a man dressed in
black stands before her. The bold F-B-I
letters of his flack jacket shine with cascading red and blue squad car lights
dancing along his frame. Pam notices no two car’s lights blink in perfect
unison. The strobe light effect briefly
reminds her of her youth. She smiles as
she greets the agent.
“What’s all the
commotion officer?” He lifts a picture
to her face.
“Do you know this man?” He asks bluntly. Pam shakes her head no seeing
that the face is completely unfamiliar to her. “I’m Special Agent Lennox. The
man in the photo is Hershel Wyles a known serial rapist and murderer.” Agent
Lennox pauses retracting the photo. Pam opens her door fully. She sees Hershel seated in the back of a
squad car. She props herself upon the
doorframe with one hand. Her other hand removes the cigarette from her
mouth. Propping herself against the
doorframe like she did causes her robe and nighty to rise exposing more leg. Agent Lennox takes notice of her leg.
Following his eyes, Pam takes a step forward.
“I
don’t know him.” She reiterates.
“We’ve
been tracking him for years. The last
two hours lead us through the wooded area to your front yard. You were lucky. He doesn’t hesitate to kill.” An agent behind
Lennox picks up an object catching Pam’s eye.
A light on the object chimes on and Pam deciphers what it is. She looks over at Wyles and then again at the
agent.
“He’s been in these woods for hours.
I caught up to him crouching just past the tree line, no doubt stalking you.” Pam leans her head a bit, looking around
Lennox.
“Excuse
me! Miss! That camera belongs to me. A friend of mine just left an hour ago.
They phoned me saying they couldn’t find it.
I must have missed it when I searched earlier.”
The Female agent eyes the camera for a moment then nods her
head in agreement. She walks over and
hands the camera to Pam.
“Nice shot of you and the kid
before he lost it. Probably fell out of his pocket as he climbed into the car.”
The female agent’s nose twitches. “Awful strong bleach smell miss. You been
cleaning?” Pam looks into her eyes and
smiles.
“More
so sanitizing than cleaning. I have a
sick baby.” The woman nods and walks
away. Agent Lennox fumbles through an F.B.I. protocol and hands Pam a card.
They agree to keep in touch then he leads the troops and Hershel Wyles back
down the dark road. On Pam’s returns to her previous post on the bed she hears
Morticia Addams speaking on the television.
: Normal is
an illusion. What’s normal for the spider is chaos for the fly:
She sits at the edge of the bed and looks at her child
before turning on the camera. The first
five photos are of her interacting with her baby. The next forty-two show a
more gruesome scene of pam dismembering a body in the once blood drenched
bathroom, washing down the walls as she throws bleach about, and laboriously
treading to the back of her car parked near the door filling the trunk with
garbage bags filled with the dismembered body.
As she sits Indian-style on her bed looking through the camera she
notices the blood stain on her palm and the other one on the bottom of her
slipper. She had hidden them while talking to Agent Lennox. She chuckles thinking of what just happened
in her life. The baby coos when Pam
leans over to pick him up.
“Remember
baby, we are always the spider, never the fly.”
Resources:
Rudin,
S. (Producer), & Sonnenfeld, B. (Director) (November 16, 1991). The Addams
Family(Motion Picture). United
States. Paramount Pictures.
A Choking Darkness
Fast paced footsteps draw nearer; their direction unknown. The footsteps stop suddenly only to be interrupted by a clattering of trashcans being strewn about as a body hits wet pavement. The person cries out in agony, obviously in pain but also to throw a bit of a tantrum. One of the trashcans is clearly kicked as the body makes it’s way back to its feet. Heavy breathing draws closer to the looming darkness. The swinging open then dramatic slamming of a door briefly interrupts the darkness. A silhouette of a man showed as the light graced the darkness for mere seconds. His fingers were thick against the frame of the door His hair hung long and matted, possibly wet from the rain. The source of the light was unknown bi it afforded the darkness life. Life it would soon long for once more. After slamming the door the man fell to the ground sitting back against the door. He welcomed the black void, the silence. It was a comfort to him. There are no windows nor cracks or seems at the door. No light creeps in nor darkness seeps out.
“We’ve lost him!” a man screams minutes later.
“Doesn’t matter.” Another man says in passing. “I shot him dead to rights. Its really only a matter of time.” The men outside grow quiet as their footsteps become more faint in the distance. Still Huddled against the door in the darkness, the man’s breathing pucks up. A rustling in the darkness alerts the man's senses. He strikes a lighter piercing the darkness momentarily. It doesn’t catch fire. A task so remedial weighs on him heavily. Curious to see something, anything he powers through the task focusing to get it struck this time. As he figured, the room is an abandoned wreck. It is ugly and unsettling. Out of the darkness tiny eyes glare at him before blinking and scurrying off into the darkness once more. With death in the air he drops his head in dismay.
I’m right where I belong. He thinks to himself with a slight whimpering in his throat.
Between his legs he notices an old tattered photograph partially burned and partially gnawed on by rodents sticking out from under a rug. The scene is simple enough. A couple sits on their hotel room patio. They can be seen through the patio door. The two queen sized beds suggest they may be more friendly than romantic. The man squints feeling his sight fail him. He notices their faces and fantasizes about the joys the two spoke of. He chuckles to himself realizing he no longer sees the man who is actually in the photo but himself. He longs for the joy the photo offers up.
She loved me despite my flaws and I loved her because of hers. I accept this fate knowing she loved me. The man
A smile crosses his face once more before the dancing flame snaps closed snatching the black void back to reality; it erases any life once prominent. A wheezing hiss and throaty gurgle breaks the silence followed by the clatter of the lighter tumbling from a short fall out of lifeless fingers.
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Kent Deflated
A man walks through the front door of his house.
“Damn it,
Lisa!” Kent yells up the stairs. “Stop setting my wrist watch ahead!” He sits his briefcase along side a long
decorative table near the front door. After removing his coat he places his
keys, wallet, and watch in a ceramic bowel that sits atop the decorative table.
“Oh hush
Babe. You’re always running behind.” Lisa replies as she walks down the
stairs. “You need all the help you can
get. Those five little minutes probably
saved your ass all day.” Kent chuckles,
walking into the kitchen while undoing his tie.
“You are
right. I made a few meetings on time instead of five minutes late. Still, just
don’t.” The doorbell rings causing Lisa’s reply to fall faint.”
“Whatever
Babe, your loss.” Lisa opens the door
with a smile. A man unknown to her
extends his leather glove covered hand. His small pudgy physic isn’t off
putting but fairly unusual for the kinds of people she is accustom to. Oily skin almost hidden by coarse hair
stretches out past his tweed coat sleeve. Before she can say a word he retracts
his hand. His eyes show his disdain as he keeps his composure. Realizing she took too long to accommodate
her guest she extends her hand with an even bigger smile. He sees through her dead eyes and crosses his
hands and arms over his protruding belly.
“May I
speak with Kent please Ma’am?” He asks smugly
“Certainly.
May I ask who is seeking him?”
“Friend
from work. Here to drop off a car for
his boss.”
Lisa calls for Kent and excuses herself. Kent pulls the front door closed behind
him. “David! You shouldn’t have.” Kent’s
boisterous laugh carries through the door to Lisa’s ears.
Now outside out of Lisa’s sight Kent’s demeanor changes.
“What are
you doing at my house? You know this isn’t
the drop off. You choose to bring it
here in broad daylight? What were you
thinking?” The pudgy man reaches his
oily, hairy hand up to pat Kent’s face three times. The third time is much harder. It leaves a sting as crisp as the sound it
created. Kent’s deflates immediately.
“David?
That’s cute. Its biblical right?” The
man coughs in to his hand. “You were late.
You missed the drop. You really think you have any room to question me?”
The man steps back adjusting his coat.
He glares into Kent’s eyes looking for any desire to retaliate. But,
Kent buckles under the levity.
“I wasn’t
late. I was early. My wife…” Kent stops talking and reaches his
hand out.
“The keys?”
Kent’s hand shakes a bit as he waits.
“Remember.
He leaves the house every day at 8:28 p.m. He’s like a machine. At 8:29 p.m.
his car will be at the edge of his driveway and at 8:31 p.m. he will be where
you park the car. Just in case you foul
up the blast radius is 60 yards. Give or take a very few seconds you’ll still
succeed.”
“What do I have to do when its time?” Kent nervously asks.
“It’s all set to go… pull the windshield wiper button and
its set. At 8:31 the front lights will come on and good-bye mister congressman. Don’t foul up!” The pudgy little man walks away whistling the
theme to a familiar song that Kent cant seem to recall. Another car pulls up
and the little man is driven away.
Hours later Kent sits across town at the corner of two
intersecting streets in a quaint suburban neighborhood. He looks at his watch. It reads 8:27 p.m. why did they use such an old car? I’ve never
seen a radio with thick jukebox buttons.
Kent attempts to push a button in to turn on the radio but bends the
tip of his finger back instead. Kent inhales deeply; a stiff pain grips his
chest as he exhales heavily fogging the windshield and driver side window.
Clearing them with the sleeve of his forearm Kent sees his watch flip to 8:30
and pulls the windshield wiper button.
He exits the car and feels his chest tighten immediately. An unimaginable
pain shoots through his right arm. He’s
paralyzed with fear of uncertainty. He
takes two steps, then three more. He
tries to shake it off and move quickly away from the vehicle. The pain hits him
once more like a sledgehammer. He falls
to his knees. The gritty pavement tears
through his slacks ripping flesh. Kent
panics as he looks towards the vehicle.
Don’t foul up… don’t
foul up… don’t foul up… Continues to echo in the back of his mind. Kent looks at his watch clenching his chest
with his other hand. It’s 8:30 p.m. and
Kent’s mind returns to his task ignoring his immediate physical problems. Why don’t I hear a car coming down the
street? Kent wonders. His fear of blowing up out weighs his fear of
what he now thinks is a heart attack or stroke. Tears stream down his face as
he watches the seconds of his watch tick away. 8:31 p.m. turns over on his
watch and Kent closes his eyes. Seconds pass and nothing happens. Almost two minutes pass and nothing. The car is still in tact and his victim has yet
to pass. Kent’s chest pain increases as he hears laughter. Across the street he
can see two teens walking towards him. I must have pulled the wrong lever in that
old crap of a car. They should have used
a modern car. I wouldn’t have fouled up.
Anxious for help Kent signals the teens to come to his aide. They run over
helping him up.
“Are you
okay mister?” One boy asks.
“I think
I’m having a heart attack.” Kent
stumbles a bit before hearing a car coming towards them. He cringes as lights from behind him come on.
Looking down at his watch it reads 8:35 p.m. Lisa’s face clouds his mind.
Welcome To Balticia
Blaring sirens jolt Malik to consciousness. Still groggy, he
blinks his eyes a few times trying to get them to focus. When his site pulls into focus he realizes
the room is unfamiliar. The architecture is foreign to him. There is a glaze over the room uncommon. Malik blinks a few more times thinking he
might focus better. His eyes canvas the
room but to no avail. His sight is more
blurred than usually. He lifts his hand
to rub them and is immediately shocked to see the webbed appendage coming
towards him. He draws back anxious and afraid.
Blinking uncontrollably he looks over the rest of his body. What he knows to be his body is no longer
there but something all together different.
Realizing he is currently sitting upon a peculiar design of a table he
attempts to rise. His body shifts but
gravity doesn’t immediately pull him towards the ground. He drifts a bit with more of a glide than the
normal movements he is accustom to. His
abnormal motion causes him to gasp.
Flowing liquid gurgles through his body causing tiny bubbles to float up
past his face. The room becomes clear to
him as his mind, while frazzled and in dismay, pieces together his
predicament. Out of what seems to be a
more expanded peripheral vision Malik sees a reflective surface. He swims through the liquid filled room
getting a first glimpse at his new self.
His skin’s gritty and reflective.
Hue’s of turquoise sparkle with an under coating of opal
iridescence. Bright orange streaks
stream from his nose volleying around his cheeks like war paint. His eyes, incredibly disproportionate and
askew, now sit more to the side of his head than centered along the front. He can still make out what was once his human
nose. The sight of it perplexes him as
he realizes there are gills along the girth of his neck inhaling and exhaling
with ease. His mouth also as it were
when he was fully human. Malik stares
for a moment snapping to his senses as the autonomous sirens commands attention
outside his door. Under his door lavender hued light dims and illuminates in
sync with the siren. Sporadic shadows
break the light that creeps under the door.
For fear of what may be outside his newfound comfort zone, Malik edges
closer peeking through the door. Two
beings in identical dress float shoulder to shoulder in front of his door. One
of the beings turns to him pushing their way through the cracked door. A voice, heavy and commanding floats into his
mind.
“You won’t
escape like your companion. And she wont
make it very far.”
The words are clear in English but Malik realizes the
creature’s mouth does not move. Its as if the words went from his mind to
Malik’s. Afraid and clearly a prisoner,
Malik swims to his bedding and sits, unsure of what is to come. Moments later the door swings open. A creature, like the two outside floats into
the room; his arms crossed behind his back. His demeanor is regal as he
approaches Malik’s fearful frame. With the exception of a simple modification
his uniform is identical to the two guarding the door outside. His collar is a vibrant lavender color
instead of the continuous black. A
voice, more soft and aged, creeps into Malik’s mind.
“You’re
friends have been restrained and sedated. They weren’t as receiving as I hope
you are. I’m Galen. I know there is much you do not understand but if you give
us the time we will make things more clear.
Welcome to Balticia.”
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This Next piece is Micro Fiction: 199 Word Count
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Anticipation
The lunch hour rush crowd flocks to the diner across the street from
Karen's car as her white knuckles grip a brown leather wheel. Her head
whips around as she hears air breaks release. her thumbs begin to tap
the tattered wheel cover as her anxiety peaks.
"It's only a semi-truck." Karen calmed herself reaching to change the radio dial. "You'll see him soon enough." She exhales picking up a shoebox full of letters from the passenger seat. She thumbs through multi-colored enveleopes until she comes upon her intended target pausing to read it briefly before returning the box to its resting place. Resting on the hot leather steering wheel cover, Karen smiles, eyes closed and day dreaming of her little boy as he waved good-bye before boarding the bus to camp.
She imagines scenes the letters spoke of: chasing girls, fighting, archery and dozens of random joys only a boy could have away from home. I wonder how big he's gotten over the past 2 months? She thinks. Karen, startled by tapping on her window, jerks back to reality. Her door swings open to a now towering son welcoming her with a hug.
"It's only a semi-truck." Karen calmed herself reaching to change the radio dial. "You'll see him soon enough." She exhales picking up a shoebox full of letters from the passenger seat. She thumbs through multi-colored enveleopes until she comes upon her intended target pausing to read it briefly before returning the box to its resting place. Resting on the hot leather steering wheel cover, Karen smiles, eyes closed and day dreaming of her little boy as he waved good-bye before boarding the bus to camp.
She imagines scenes the letters spoke of: chasing girls, fighting, archery and dozens of random joys only a boy could have away from home. I wonder how big he's gotten over the past 2 months? She thinks. Karen, startled by tapping on her window, jerks back to reality. Her door swings open to a now towering son welcoming her with a hug.
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This next story was an exercise in creating from 5 trigger words.
My five trigger words are bellow.
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(Zebra -Basin -Sunset -Dice -Shooting)
A monkey
sits washing himself in a basin full of dirty water. I find this
peculiar at a crime scene. Nevertheless I continue over to the dead body. As I
approach I see the zebra. His leather coat
is full of holes.
“There was a shooting Detective,” The
coroner says.
“I can see that Jim.” I replay in
dismay. “Is there anything you can tell
me that isn’t obvious?”
“Well the shooting occurred just before
sunset,” Jim adds. “There was a discrepancy over a dice game and
there isn’t a single bullet hole in his body.”
“Who told you when it happened and
how did he die?”
“The monkey over there washing
himself in the basin. He witnessed it all.”
I turn to the monkey to see him still grooming himself.
“For the
love of all that’s good and decent, don’t you have any shame monkey?” I say in
disgust.
He continues to groom himself as I stare.
“Detective,
he’s deaf you have to use sign language.”
Grief stricken, I stroke my mane quickly with both paws as I
look for the obvious next answer from Jim.
“Well Jim,
are you going to do this or not? I don’t have all night.”
“Since you
asked so nicely detective.” Jim walks over and looks at me now waiting for my
cue.
“Ask him
who did it, where they went, and why it happened.”
Jim signs and the monkey replies anxiously and excited
finishing with a smile and a backflip.
“Well detec..
det. de….”
Jim is interrupted by the presence of a gorgeous mare. His speech stutters to an abrupt stop as she
walks out and looks down at the dead zebra.
Briefly distracted by her voluptuous body I am snatched back to
detective mode when the monkey flips over the basin splashing Jim and me
with the murky water. I turn to see a set of dice taped to the bottom of
the now upturned basin.
“Is he…?”
She asks casually.
“Yes, he is
dead. This is a crime scene Ma’am. You can’t be here.”
As I motion her towards the end of the alley she snatches
away. I notice Jim is now standing more
behind me. The sunset’s vanilla sky glistens off of her zebra stripped
dress.
“This
happened outside of my club. I deserve to know what has happened.” She
retorts. I motion for two uniformed
Cheetahs to detain her while I finish my line of questioning with the monkey. They take her as I turn to Jim cowering behind
me.
“It was
her. The monkey said a beautiful mare in a zebra print dress poisoned a
set of dice and switched them in the game. He was the other player who
hid when she came out to complain. She argued with the zebra apparently
her stallion. While they argued he hid
in a pile of rubble. When the zebra died she hid the dice and
ran.
“That’s all
I needed. Thanks Jim.”
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
HIP-HOPCRISY through the eyes of a 9 year old
Born backstage of a Craig RS Mack 10 concert. Jazzy Ray embodies all that is classic hip-hop.
I'd like you all to meet young Jazzy Ray. He's a 9 year old with a love for hip-hop that is unrivaled. His keen sense of self is only overshadowed by his lack of understanding for all things common. Join Jazzy Ray as he alerts the world to all of the hipocrisy that he is witnessing as hip-hop transforms around him.
The only constant is change... Poor Jazzy Ray will just have to figure this out for himself.
His life is a constant argument as he tries desperately to explain to the most colorful characters, in the world of hip-hop how, how they and their peers have desperately gone wrong.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Black Bastard A.K.A., B.B.
This is a journal post. This will be less about my writing endeavors and more about my personal struggle with accepting the life I was born into, who I am, and sculpting the TraMaine. That you all have grown to love.
I can't express to you how much this will not be typical. This will not be structured and it will most likely make you feel things you'd rather not feel when casually enjoying your day.
**WARNING** **WARNING** **WARNING**
This post is not for the faint of heart, the weary but for those who have had struggles, heartache, loss loved ones, and lived to tell the tale.
I am a black bastard....
noun
The above definition is what is used on a daily basis to describe people. The definition is. I mean it just like that. The definition is. It exists and it applies because we make it so. No matter how much I tell myself that I am not a bastard or spurious in nature. I am... I just am. Albeit no fault of my own, all the same I was born into a stigma that has been unacceptable and deemed unclean since the beginning of human society.
I can't express to you how much this will not be typical. This will not be structured and it will most likely make you feel things you'd rather not feel when casually enjoying your day.
**WARNING** **WARNING** **WARNING**
This post is not for the faint of heart, the weary but for those who have had struggles, heartache, loss loved ones, and lived to tell the tale.
I am a black bastard....
bas·tard
[bas-terd] Show IPA
1.a person born of unmarried parents; an illegitimate child.
2. Slang a.) a vicious, despicable, or thoroughly disliked person:
Example: Some bastard slashed the tires on my car.
b.) a person, especially a man:
Example: The poor bastard broke his leg.
3. something irregular, inferior, spurious, or unusual.
spu·ri·ous
[spyoor-ee-uhs] Show IPA
adjective
1.
not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
2.
Biology . (of two or more parts, plants, etc.) having a similar appearance but a different structure.
3.
of illegitimate birth; bastard.
Unlimited and Willing
I have to add this post because I have recently embarked on a new journey. After 10 years I have decided to enroll back into college and attain that degree I never thought I wanted or needed. Yeah, it sucks to have to suck up and bite the bullet and eat the words that you once proclaimed so proudly. "I don't need to go to school for what I want to do. I have a natural God given talent for this."
Yeah, you can gasp. No I didn't actually say it but in my heart I know I thought it on more than one occasion. Then as life progressed and I saw the world changing around me and my "God given talent" staring me square in the face as I stood in my bathroom mirror, in a house that I rent. I decided if the world is changing and my talents are not allowing me to change with it, something must not be as I expected. What could it be? It certainly isn't the world, its changing constantly. So it must be me. Then one day while at work. I was watching Denzel Washington on CNN and I heard him tell a story about when he was a child on the Boys and Girls Club of America track team in his local neighborhood. To make a long story short he said that he was fourth on the team and a new kid came that was faster than him. This kid being faster made him nervous about his position on the relay team. His coach told him something that inspired him as well as me. I had been thinking it but couldn't quite grasp the concept until I heard it made plane. His coach told him, "Yes, Denzel, he is faster than you but he doesn't know how to pass the baton. Natural talent will only get you so far." Denzel went on to explain how this stuck with him and pushed him to go into acting in college and continue the honing of his craft well into his acting career.
A light bulb went off, the heavens parted, angels melodious voices sang down as I realized I had the talent, the imagination, the drive, and the desire. But there are skills one can only acquire through higher education.
All of that being said, I am now enrolled as a student at Full Sail University currently seeking a Creative Writing Bachelor of Fine Arts. I have completed the first month and must say I did rather well. I received an "A" on every assignment. Now I anxiously await this second month to come.
I have seemingly effortlessly learned a great many things over the past month. This college experience is something I bailed on and can't say that I regret for one second. But I do appreciate this second opportunity I have been afforded. I have a belief that my potential is unlimited and I am certainly willing to test this theory. I've yet to be proven wrong. I have however realized my potential while unlimited is only limited when I chose not to pursue.
Yeah, you can gasp. No I didn't actually say it but in my heart I know I thought it on more than one occasion. Then as life progressed and I saw the world changing around me and my "God given talent" staring me square in the face as I stood in my bathroom mirror, in a house that I rent. I decided if the world is changing and my talents are not allowing me to change with it, something must not be as I expected. What could it be? It certainly isn't the world, its changing constantly. So it must be me. Then one day while at work. I was watching Denzel Washington on CNN and I heard him tell a story about when he was a child on the Boys and Girls Club of America track team in his local neighborhood. To make a long story short he said that he was fourth on the team and a new kid came that was faster than him. This kid being faster made him nervous about his position on the relay team. His coach told him something that inspired him as well as me. I had been thinking it but couldn't quite grasp the concept until I heard it made plane. His coach told him, "Yes, Denzel, he is faster than you but he doesn't know how to pass the baton. Natural talent will only get you so far." Denzel went on to explain how this stuck with him and pushed him to go into acting in college and continue the honing of his craft well into his acting career.
A light bulb went off, the heavens parted, angels melodious voices sang down as I realized I had the talent, the imagination, the drive, and the desire. But there are skills one can only acquire through higher education.
All of that being said, I am now enrolled as a student at Full Sail University currently seeking a Creative Writing Bachelor of Fine Arts. I have completed the first month and must say I did rather well. I received an "A" on every assignment. Now I anxiously await this second month to come.
I have seemingly effortlessly learned a great many things over the past month. This college experience is something I bailed on and can't say that I regret for one second. But I do appreciate this second opportunity I have been afforded. I have a belief that my potential is unlimited and I am certainly willing to test this theory. I've yet to be proven wrong. I have however realized my potential while unlimited is only limited when I chose not to pursue.
Monday, July 18, 2011
From a Dream to the Big Screen
I have multiple screenplays. Here are glimpses into some of them. GLIMPSES!
Ammi: The Elder (Prequel to Senrov: The Last Apostle)
Ammi, being one of Lucifer's generals, regrets his decision to revolt against The Kingdom. Harboring the same disgust for the human race as his not so fearless leader, Ammi attempts to return home. First having to escape from the clutches of those he would soon betray, Ammi attacks his battle field brethren. Ammi is then forced to tend to the human race until he has redeemed himself in his creator's eyes. Unable to redeem himself as easily or quickly as he previously assumed, his journey with the humans takes him from battle to battle alongside humans until his heavily hardened heart begins to soften as he see's first hand the love and potential in those he once hated.
Senrov: The Last Apostle
Thousands of years after the first coming of earth's Messiah, the world has done it's part in making certain his return would be well needed. Completely oblivious to the nature of what is taking place. Extra-terrestrial speculations run rampant across the globe as droves of individuals disappear after a beam of light passes over the planet. Senrov, a man sure of many things in life, wakes up at his very own funeral to find out all he thought he knew didn't so much as touch the tip of the iceberg. Guided by a desire to find out what's happened to his mother and reveal the truth behind the secret society Pegasus Omega, Senrov learns he has a greater purpose in his life after death. Mixed with fantastical powers of the supernatural and quips of my take on grey areas of the bible, Senrov: The Last Apostle is sure to leave you satisfied.
Noir X
Clovis Didier a world renowned scientist, innovative inventor, and Nobel Prize recipient in the field of gene therapy finds out his equally academically impressive wife, Noemi, has fallen ill to a newly discovered disease. The final straw being the loss of their first and only child during a difficult pregnancy and ever progressing ailment they decide to uproot lives from their quaint east coast American socialite lifestyle and memories to seek help overseas. After continued occurrences of being unable to cure his wife with their combined knowledge the two now live in a chateau just outside Paris, France Clovis and Noemi put their hopes in the assumed more highly evolved physicians Europe has to offer. Watching helplessly as all attempts end in failure, Clovis resides with a last ditch effort. Cloning his wife and transferring her cognitive essence to a newly developed disease free body. Month after month of trial and error, tweaking his instruments and raking his brain Clovis' sweet Noemi dies in Clovis' lab. As Clovis lay over his wife's lifeless body the clone sits up. In a rage she grabs the closest item to her and knocks Clovis out. Before she leaves she takes with her several untested serums and potions Clovis had been working on in the lab. This fuels and begins a relenting feud to destroy one another. The Clone, having named herself, Ambrosine ingests the stolen serums equipping her and her offspring with unnatural abilities.
Clovis and Ambrosine, both having acquired a team of their own, set out on an unrelenting tail of love lost and wisdom gained as they welcome the streets of Paris into an ever expanding civil war.
(Below are my first choices for cast selection.)
Eamonn Walker / Clovis Didier Gina Torres / Ambrosine Eustacia Lance Gross / Gosse
Idris Elba / Cain & Abel Kerry Washington Coral & Sylvianne Gerard Butler / Brother Maven
Other Cast Members without Photos
Gabourey Sidibe - Sandrine Naturi Naughton - Marquite
Zoe Saldana -Trishell Michael Ealy - Cable
Dewayne Johnson -Jake Johnson Erica Durance - Xynthia
Erica Hubbard - Brigette
Traction
A seemingly common man (Thomas Mitchell) tries to cope with his own self assurance and reality as the world around him unravels. Authorities, and citizens alike, struggle to place safeguards against a new mysterious serial killer terrorizing their mid-southern city. The unfortunate victims all fall under the same category of raven haired mother and daughter duo who also happen to have left behind a grieving husband and father. The victims descriptions suddenly switch and the seemingly common man finds himself in the category of new victims being stalked by the serial killer across the city. Two brothers, police detectives J'von Wilkes and Eddie Wilkes, battle their own demons slowly creeping out as they hunt the real demon carving his way through their city. Thomas Mitchell buries himself into his work as he tries to maintain his sanity while constantly looking over his shoulder. Coping with the small intricacies of his mediocre life seem meaningless when he finds himself partnered with another victim of the serial killer, left behind husband and father, Blair Denny, as they go up against a sinister murderer hell bent on destroying them and the tormented lives they have left.
Stephen Dorff - Thomas Mitchell Laz Alonso - Det. J'von Wilkes Anthony Mackie - Det. Eddie Wilkes
Ammi: The Elder (Prequel to Senrov: The Last Apostle)
Ammi, being one of Lucifer's generals, regrets his decision to revolt against The Kingdom. Harboring the same disgust for the human race as his not so fearless leader, Ammi attempts to return home. First having to escape from the clutches of those he would soon betray, Ammi attacks his battle field brethren. Ammi is then forced to tend to the human race until he has redeemed himself in his creator's eyes. Unable to redeem himself as easily or quickly as he previously assumed, his journey with the humans takes him from battle to battle alongside humans until his heavily hardened heart begins to soften as he see's first hand the love and potential in those he once hated.
Senrov: The Last Apostle
Thousands of years after the first coming of earth's Messiah, the world has done it's part in making certain his return would be well needed. Completely oblivious to the nature of what is taking place. Extra-terrestrial speculations run rampant across the globe as droves of individuals disappear after a beam of light passes over the planet. Senrov, a man sure of many things in life, wakes up at his very own funeral to find out all he thought he knew didn't so much as touch the tip of the iceberg. Guided by a desire to find out what's happened to his mother and reveal the truth behind the secret society Pegasus Omega, Senrov learns he has a greater purpose in his life after death. Mixed with fantastical powers of the supernatural and quips of my take on grey areas of the bible, Senrov: The Last Apostle is sure to leave you satisfied.
Noir X
Clovis Didier a world renowned scientist, innovative inventor, and Nobel Prize recipient in the field of gene therapy finds out his equally academically impressive wife, Noemi, has fallen ill to a newly discovered disease. The final straw being the loss of their first and only child during a difficult pregnancy and ever progressing ailment they decide to uproot lives from their quaint east coast American socialite lifestyle and memories to seek help overseas. After continued occurrences of being unable to cure his wife with their combined knowledge the two now live in a chateau just outside Paris, France Clovis and Noemi put their hopes in the assumed more highly evolved physicians Europe has to offer. Watching helplessly as all attempts end in failure, Clovis resides with a last ditch effort. Cloning his wife and transferring her cognitive essence to a newly developed disease free body. Month after month of trial and error, tweaking his instruments and raking his brain Clovis' sweet Noemi dies in Clovis' lab. As Clovis lay over his wife's lifeless body the clone sits up. In a rage she grabs the closest item to her and knocks Clovis out. Before she leaves she takes with her several untested serums and potions Clovis had been working on in the lab. This fuels and begins a relenting feud to destroy one another. The Clone, having named herself, Ambrosine ingests the stolen serums equipping her and her offspring with unnatural abilities.
Clovis and Ambrosine, both having acquired a team of their own, set out on an unrelenting tail of love lost and wisdom gained as they welcome the streets of Paris into an ever expanding civil war.
(Below are my first choices for cast selection.)
Eamonn Walker / Clovis Didier Gina Torres / Ambrosine Eustacia Lance Gross / Gosse
Idris Elba / Cain & Abel Kerry Washington Coral & Sylvianne Gerard Butler / Brother Maven
Other Cast Members without Photos
Gabourey Sidibe - Sandrine Naturi Naughton - Marquite
Zoe Saldana -Trishell Michael Ealy - Cable
Dewayne Johnson -Jake Johnson Erica Durance - Xynthia
Erica Hubbard - Brigette
Traction
A seemingly common man (Thomas Mitchell) tries to cope with his own self assurance and reality as the world around him unravels. Authorities, and citizens alike, struggle to place safeguards against a new mysterious serial killer terrorizing their mid-southern city. The unfortunate victims all fall under the same category of raven haired mother and daughter duo who also happen to have left behind a grieving husband and father. The victims descriptions suddenly switch and the seemingly common man finds himself in the category of new victims being stalked by the serial killer across the city. Two brothers, police detectives J'von Wilkes and Eddie Wilkes, battle their own demons slowly creeping out as they hunt the real demon carving his way through their city. Thomas Mitchell buries himself into his work as he tries to maintain his sanity while constantly looking over his shoulder. Coping with the small intricacies of his mediocre life seem meaningless when he finds himself partnered with another victim of the serial killer, left behind husband and father, Blair Denny, as they go up against a sinister murderer hell bent on destroying them and the tormented lives they have left.
Stephen Dorff - Thomas Mitchell Laz Alonso - Det. J'von Wilkes Anthony Mackie - Det. Eddie Wilkes
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