It's been one of those weeks where I feel like there's a ton of stuff that I either need or want to get done, and just not enough hours in the day to do so.
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This couch isn't going to sleep on itself, for example. |
So as usual when that happens, I dig up something a wrote a decade ago and post that instead. This week, in light of my collection of short stories being released, (
Sometimes Evil Just Don't Pay, in case you forgot,) I've decided to post one of my short stories that I didn't include in the book. And to tie it in with my other book, (
Lifetimes of Blood, in case you forgot that, too,) it's the short story that
Lifetimes of Blood was based off of.
This was my second story ever published, although it was the third or fourth accepted for publication. The first sentence of the story had been stuck in my head for a day or two, and eventually I came up with the story to go with it. After it was published, the editor that had published my first story emailed me to say he had read and liked it, and thought it would make for a good screenplay. I didn't feel ready to tackle writing a screenplay at that point, but thinking about it caused me to fill in more of the story. Once I came up with the idea for The Other One that was pretty much the missing piece and I turned it into a novella.
Those who have read
Lifetimes of Blood will notice that I used a good portion of this story as the third chapter in
LOB. I basically just cut out the flashbacks, since they were chapters of their own now, and embellished a little. Incidentally, I had forgot until re-reading this story just now that I pretty clearly insinuated that Jonas was Jeffrey Dahmer. At the time it was current.
So here you go, after the jump - The Origin of
Lifetimes of Blood. I know you'll sleep better knowing all this.