Black Holes are an Honorable Way to Go

It's been quiet on here this month. Strange how that in no way reflects the reality of my life! December has been so busy, so overwhelming, that I'm amazed I got as much done as I did.

One of those things, and one which I'm particularly proud of, is finishing the short story I started writing a few weeks ago. I'm proud of it because I tend not to finish many of my creative endeavors, and I met my deadline of January 1st for finishing this one. Not only did I finish, but I finished on time! That deserves a woot woot, believe me.

I'm also proud of it because it's my first serious writing attempt in several years, as well as the first thing I feel I could put into a portfolio as a developing writer.

It's a story based on an idea I had awhile ago, and I'm proud of how it came out. You may not like it, but that's not what's important to me. What's important is that it's good from an objective, literary point of view. If any of you who have training in things like structure, character development, language, etc are willing, I am for sure open to constructive criticism. But if you just want to tell me it's not good because you didn't like it, then respectfully keep your opinion, to which you are entitled, to yourself.

Please keep in mind that I wrote it in two sittings and edited it once, so it's certainly not perfect. Also, I am pretty up on my grammar in general (including the use of contractions), so please figure that in, too. Unless something is an obvious oversight, I used the grammar I wanted to use.

The title to this entry contains a link to the RTF file if you want to give a read. Just please don't plagiarize! I won't know if you do, but you will, and karma's a bitch.