28 April 2004

Venue: Peter M’s

A fantastic Slush meeting with some excellent stories. Turkish pizza (instead of bloody Thai) went down a treat—nice pick Peter M, who fully embraced his hat-wearing duties. Some might even say the power went to his head ...

Homework due this meeting: Write a short story, maximum 2000 words, that starts with or centres around “Next”.

Exercises

Quick story writing technique.

Next One

by William Bowden

The operation was going so well ...

Next Two

by William Bowden

The genesis of consciousness?

Next

by Michele deBes

In the future installing software is a personal experience.

Next

by Karen Goldrick

A day in the life of a bridge.

Next

by Pil Lee

It doesn’t take much of an offering.

Vulture

by Peter Miller

A particular kind of thinking leads to a particular kind of planning ...