Shredded
Darren’s new manuscript lay shredded on the table.
“What happened?” He asked.
“To quote China Miéville, books are always obviously having conversations with other books and some times they’re amiable and sometimes not.” Chloe replied.
“I shouldn’t have created an evil hypnotist that enslaves women, right?”
“Exactly.”
He sighed and looked deep into her eyes.
Inspired by a quote that is right there in the story. It’s from the novel The City & The City which is one of the strangest books I’ve read in the last couple of years. It’s also incredibly hard to describe what it’s really about so I’m not even going to try. You can use the link above to have a look though you should be warned there’s much more to it than that description. From the same author, I also recommend Kraken if you’re into absurd post-Lovecraftian stories or whatever this one is. I just know I loved it despite the writing sometimes being incredibly dense.
Anyway, I couldn’t finish year 4 of this challenge without subverting another quote so… Naturally, Darren got hypnotized/programmed/brainwashed again for writing what he shouldn’t but if hypnotic maledom is what gets your juices flowing, keep at it, folks! What’s important is to have fun, each one in his/her proper role, and Chloe certainly knows hers. Do you?
Only two days left.
Wise Men
“Alexandra?”
“Yes, General?”
“Any New Year Resolutions set in stone?”
“No, but you make a fine talking statue.”
“Yeah, well… when will this live Nativity Scene come to an end?”
“Not before the Wise Men arrive and since real wisdom isn’t men’s strong suit…”
“… I’ll have to wait a long time.”
“See you next year.”
I’ve seen my fair share of Live Nativity Scenes over the years. In fact, there used to be one every year not far from where I live. I don’t think it happened this year though I’m not entirely sure. Still, I did remember it because I guess Alexandra wanted me to.
Yeah, she wanted to say goodbye to 2019 as well in her funny, special way. It’s all about fun and power for her with a little bit of satire in the mix. Wise men do exist, of course, and the wisest of them do as they’re told by the women in their lives. You know this is true otherwise you wouldn’t read these daily to reinforce your brainwashing.
Only one day left for the grand finale of Year 4 of this writing challenge. Until then.
December 31st, 3016
The headline on the holographic newspaper read:
“WRITER COMPLETES 1000 YEARS OF HIS DAILY CHALLENGE! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?”
“I cheated, I guess.” He mumbled.
“This isn’t cheating…” the time-travelling hypnotist replied. “Just bending the rules a little.”
“But is this really happening or not?”
“You’ll never know…” She smiled and faded before his eyes.
Yep, this it, the last day of Year 4 of this daily erotic hypnotic challenge. I did it again. And to think that not so long ago I didn’t think it was possible to do one year of these, let alone four. That first year changed everything though because this challenge was the first seed of Spell… B-O-U-N-D as a whole.
I thought long and hard of how I wanted to wrap things up this year. Bringing the Muses again was a possibility but I already finished like that in the past. A bit of humor was always a part of the plan and this… well… this snuck up on me while I reminisced about December 31st, 2016, the day I finished Year 1.
I don’t know how long I’ll keep going. Probably for how long this site exists seeing the two go hand in hand. They say writers and artists can live forever through their creations and, in a way, it’s true because we still talk of Dante, Da Vinci, Shakespeare… I imagined what would it be like to live ’till 3016 at least, always writing, always creating new things.
The contingencies of the real world won’t allow it to happen and, one day, I’ll be gone. However, through fantasy, hypnosis and the help of a character of mine, anything can happen and, in 2020, things will keep happening, stories will continue to be written. I hope you’ll look forward to them.
Thank you all. Until next year.