From 8ff40dac7edb27673b0408d93708a0cbbf5d8722 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: BirdZerk! Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:25:53 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] part 3 done --- part3.tex | 416 +++++++++++++++++------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 132 insertions(+), 284 deletions(-) diff --git a/part3.tex b/part3.tex index d742efa..0903e8d 100644 --- a/part3.tex +++ b/part3.tex @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{Station 666} + \by{VelvetEvoker} -{\bf Station 666} - - - Tommy and his best friend Bobby were twelve years old. They lived in a small town that reeked of pestilence and a terrible oldness. Bobby's parents were very strict with their son and @@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ screaming. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{The Promise} + \by{Donde Esta} -{\bf The Promise} - - - 5 A.M. is a shitty time for burnt coffee. @@ -282,23 +282,14 @@ going to beat him to it. Luke Bavarious is now on the case. -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -\by{henpod} - - -Fuck man whoever reads all these stories is going to be vomiting -blood like no tomorrow - - - %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +\chapter{Johnny the Knifer} + \by{BoldFrankensteinMir} -{\bf Johnny the Knifer} - - I stopped short at the counter. I sat down. Coffee poured out the coffee pot and into my cup, like a pot of brown bullets shooting @@ -410,13 +401,13 @@ homicidal killings. Johnny the Knifer{\ldots} and Johnny the Boy. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{A BUTTER KNIFE} + \by{lemonlime} -A BUTTER KNIFE - - - Martin Boswell was always required to remain at table until Mr. @@ -554,47 +545,12 @@ life. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -\by{King Plum the Nth} +\chapter{The Cave} -I'm beginning to feel a bit self conscious about the lack of vomit -in my entry. vomity vomiting vomit which vomits more vomit -from it's oozy vomitous depths. Hmmm{\ldots} - - - - - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -\by{BoldFrankensteinMir} - - -For some weird reason I just keep imagining Luke Bavarius as -halfway between Luke Cage and Benny Hill's toymaker character from -Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Am I{\ldots} completely off the mark here, or -what? - - - - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -\by{henpod} - - -I see Bavarious as a Max Payne film noir type detective, but with -loads more vomit and suddenly. - - - - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \by{Monkey Trouble} -{\bf The Cave} - - - The name's Bavarious. Luke Bavarious, P.I. @@ -705,13 +661,13 @@ The End{\ldots}? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{The Bodies of Bavarii} + \by{Hired Gun} -{\bf The Bodies of Bavarii} - - - It was a haunting and horrid night in the city. Luke Bavarious sat at the bar. He knew that nights like these only brought trouble. All night, he had been feeling like he was being followed. He @@ -758,13 +714,13 @@ next to his son. For a moment, the two pairs of dead eyes met. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{The Torrid Connection} + \by{Danger408} -{\bf The Torrid Connection} - - - Cleaning his Beretta for the third time that day, and taking a swig of cheap whiskey, Luke Bavarious pondered his current case. @@ -873,17 +829,13 @@ meant to be answered. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{Hell Cab} + \by{Safe Driver} -These stories are great! - - - -{\bf Hell Cab} - - - ``Wake up, Bavarius! Wake up! Wake up!'' The dispatcher's voice screeched through the radio. @@ -978,20 +930,13 @@ They made it. Luke Bavarius didn't wake up. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter[Destiny Calls]{Destiny Calls: A Luke Bavarius Mystery} + \by{ Livestock} -Obviously I'm exempt from winning (and not likely to anyway), but I -thought I'd give it a try. - - - -{\bf Destiny Calls - -A Luke Bavarius Mystery} - - - Luke Bavarius was on edge. For months he'd been receiving terrifying phone calls from a mad man. The telephone would ring, Bavarius would pick up, and that horrible voice would speak. @@ -1133,13 +1078,13 @@ skull. Suddenly he gulped. {\em Click.} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{Horrid Transformation} + \by{JohnnyThreeToes} -{\em Horrid Transformation} - - - A man lives in that abandoned house at the end of the street. He is old and secret, nobody knows that he is in there. Those that do know don't suspect it is a man, but maybe a dog or a cat living in @@ -1172,23 +1117,12 @@ silently thinks, walking out the door into the lightning. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +\chapter{Flow My Tears, the PI Said.} + \by{King Plum the Nth} -This is just too much fun to let go. If it's not kosher to enter -more than once, I apologize and will be happy to remove one of -these. Ben Biddick, you magnificent bastard, thank you for -providing such a rich literary vein to mine. E: correcting an -annoying number of typos. - -* * * - - - -{\bf Flow My Tears, the PI Said.} - - - The kids from the neighborhood pooled their money to hire me. All the kids on that street in the Bronx, in New York. One slow day I was getting ready to leave the office a bit early when a kid pushed @@ -1316,13 +1250,13 @@ the vomit away. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{Horror D'oeuvres} + \by{Yogi Byron} -{\bf Horror D'oeuvres} - - - I am on the verge of tears by the time I arrive at Espace, as I'm sure that I won't have a good table. However, the maitre'd shows me my place, a cozy booth next to an aquarium, @@ -1393,21 +1327,12 @@ Bavarious, Head Waiter, Espace.'' Suddenly, I am sobbing. Interviewee: LARRY BAVARIUS - 05/05/09 - - - - - - - So what do you want to know? - {\em Question.} - Okay, see, this is something we're going to have to address before it starts bugging me: You need to relax. @@ -1811,13 +1736,13 @@ Pick it up. Go the fuck ahead. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{Little Men} + \by{Zarimus} -{\bf Little Men} - - - ``It has happened again.'' moaned the dark clad priest, his rosary clenched in his left hand. With his right hand he held the old phone handset indicative of the respectable poverty of the church @@ -1877,13 +1802,12 @@ screaming. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +\chapter{For the Children} + \by{CannedMacabre} -{\bf For the Children} - - - Norma's Diner is a horrible place to get a cup of joe. The only reason I was there was to meet a mysterious client that had insisted on anonymity. He had reached me twice by phone in the past @@ -2092,25 +2016,14 @@ The End. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -\by{BenBiddick} -you guys are phenomenal. I started going through these and am -loving it. dont worry about it Funk in Shoe. I'm just glad you put -something together for this event. Keep going all! - - - - - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% bz title was: +% {\bf ****Part 1 of: The Cocoon****} +\chapter{The Cocoon: Part 1} \by{Ridgely\_Fan} -{\bf ****Part 1 of: The Cocoon****} - - - This place was new. @@ -2195,13 +2108,13 @@ doorway. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +% bz {\bf **** Part 2 of: The Cocoon****} +\chapter{The Cocoon: Part 2} \by{Ridgely\_Fan} -{\bf **** Part 2 of: The Cocoon****} - - - The man in the doorway was short and stocky. Pudgy even, though it was hard to tell in his trenchcoat. His hair was thinning, and had been clumsily combed to the side. His face shone from sweat or @@ -2390,38 +2303,32 @@ to feed before my transformation. And so feed I did. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -\by{Ridgely\_Fan} - - -Oops. - -Uh, my story features Luke Bavarious' distant Romanian cousin, Luke -Bravarious, also private investigator. - - - -Also: - -Edited to include the main theme and to fix some grammatical -problems. - - - - +% bz We could correct this for the dude if we wanted to +%\by{Ridgely\_Fan} +% +% +%Oops. +% +%Uh, my story features Luke Bavarious' distant Romanian cousin, Luke +%Bravarious, also private investigator. +% +% +% +%Also: +% +%Edited to include the main theme and to fix some grammatical +%problems. +% +% +% +% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +\chapter{THE BLOOD GAME} + \by{raptorred} -This turned out a lot longer than I expected, but I had more fun -writing it than I'm willing to admit. {\em Except I just -did.} - - - -{\bf THE BLOOD GAME} - - - Once there lived a maniacally demented hag. The kind of person whose cruelty made the blood run cold and the nose hairs stand on end. She made her dwelling in a blood-red house in suburbia, rife @@ -2616,17 +2523,14 @@ Suddenly, Tails was sobbing. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + + +\chapter{It's just me, 'Luke'} + \by{Lorentz Factor} -Mind you, I've not done any creative writing since I was thirteen. -But figured, what the hell. - - - -{\bf It's just me, 'Luke'} - - I stepped from the shadows, those last shadows that were hastily escaping as the sun pours over the cityscape. I had awoken only @@ -2714,19 +2618,13 @@ begun. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{The Horrid Beginning of It All} + \by{BatsBjorg} -Hope nobody else took this tactic -- I read through a lot of the -excellent and awesome entires in the thread, but wanted to get this -posted before time ran out. Without further ado: - - - -{\bf The Horrid Beginning of It All} - - - Eleven-year-old Luke Bavarious stood frozen in the doorway to his bedroom. He couldn't turn the light on. He wouldn't be able to turn it back off from his bed. But he couldn't get to @@ -2876,13 +2774,13 @@ kids' shoes anyway, and Luke Bavarious was a man. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{The Sack of Horrors} + \by{Twigand Berries} -{\bf The Sack of Horrors} - - - I polished off another set of ten and felt that good, deep burn. I sat up from the bench and flexed, noting with pride the hills and valleys of my bulging musculature. My sweat caused my sleeveless @@ -3298,24 +3196,13 @@ The end. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -\by{henpod} -I cant help but think some entries are too long. If we are writing -in the style of the notable Mr Biddick, surely it shouldnt be -longer than about 7-800 words? - +\chapter{Kindness of Strangers} - - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \by{Helmet} -{\bf Kindness of Strangers} - - - Luke Bavarious was driving his squad car on Old Pine Road. A little while ago, he had given an important lecture on drug abuse at the local Middle School. Then he saw it: a black car parked in a field @@ -3381,13 +3268,13 @@ Luke fired one bullet, doing the job. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{Creature Of The Night} + \by{invision} -{\bf Creature Of The Night} - - - Bavarious. Luke Bavarious. I'm a detective. I carry a baretta. A @@ -3436,19 +3323,13 @@ It was grandma. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{The Book} + \by{Scissorfighter} -I tried to make it authentic Biddick Style. It also uses the -canonical ``body swap'' interpretation of the ending of ``The Horrid -Reflection.'' - - - -{\bf The Book} - - - Trent Fencer was a bully{\ldots} He liked most to bully children. He hated all children. Even little Timmy @@ -3550,13 +3431,13 @@ to take the high road in all conflicts. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{The Journey} + \by{January} -{\bf The Journey} - - - The name's Luke Bavarious, private detective. I've seen some gruesome things in my time. Enough to make a man vomit blood. That's why I carry a loaded Beretta. Ready to deal expedient @@ -3686,19 +3567,13 @@ replied{\ldots} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{Shiny Toy Gun} + \by{katiekawaii} -I dedicate this short story to the literary genius Ben Biddick. No -one could ever do you justice. But I think I gave it a good -shot. - - - -{\bf Shiny Toy Gun} - - - I am a man. Some may call me a beast. I am also a detective. Detective Luke Bavarious. I wasn't always a man. I used to be a young boy. Carefree. But not for long. @@ -3772,13 +3647,13 @@ Suddenly, I was screaming. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{The Monsters in the Night} + \by{rinski} -{\bf The Monsters in the Night} - - - Some would say I have seen it all. They luckily don't know the half of it. I have both seen it all and then I have additionally seen some more things. Unspeakably horrible things. @@ -3955,17 +3830,12 @@ screamed and screamed and screamed{\ldots} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{The Screw That Turned} + \by{BigSkillet} - -Too obscure? - - - -{\bf The Screw That Turned} - - - ``{\ldots}and his little heart, dispossessed, had stopped,'' said a man in a powdered wig that was reading a story to a group of people. Everyone else in the group was scared except for one, and he stood @@ -4072,13 +3942,13 @@ stop from the true horror that was his fate all along. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{A Red Sky at Night} + \by{HastyDeparture} -{\bf A Red Sky at Night} - - - The sun slowly sinks in the sky, an orange halo telling of the the morrow's forecast. The forecast is always the same. @@ -4247,13 +4117,13 @@ what happens. I'm sticking to it. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{The Warehouse} + \by{lucifer chikken} -{\bf The Warehouse} - - - Dripping water echoed through the empty warehouse. I stepped into a slant of light thrown by security spotlights outside. The sliver of light was intermittently chopped by an exhaust fan set into the @@ -4434,6 +4304,7 @@ Red lights whirled closer. Suddenly, I was sobbing. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\chapter{Untitled} \by{ding dang doo} @@ -4508,17 +4379,13 @@ enough.'' %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +\chapter{AGAIN} + \by{Dominic Bones} -It'll happen tonight. Happens every night. Never stops. - - - -{\bf AGAIN} - - - I sat on the edge of my bed, drinking a glass of water I had just gotten from the kitchen. My dog Bud was laying at the foot of the bed. I stared into the glass, watching my own reflection, and @@ -4613,27 +4480,8 @@ dreamt of my childs face. - All -spelling errors on purpose. Not drunk, I swear. - - - +% bz All +% bz spelling errors on purpose. Not drunk, I swear. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -\by{ding dang doo} - - - -Dominic Bones posted: -{\ldots}words? - - - - -Yeah, let's go ahead and not get drunk and write stories, k? - - - - -