As she slithered out of the sea, she felt her the cold air against her twelve nipples. They stood erect and perky, like dried pinto beans. On further inspection, the sea-beast noticed her boobs had swollen after a prolonged visit to the bottom of the ocean. She felt sexual today. She flicked her head back sending the droplets of water tumbling down her scale-covered boobs. It was that moment she realised the horror of her situation.
“Ah, fuck it,” she grumbled. “I’m being written by a man…”
I jest, I jest!
Did you see the Facebook drama last week about men and women writing from the opposite gender’s point of view? No, neither did I, I frickin’ hate Facebook. But I did see it when it spilt across Twitter and the blogosphere.
In my opinion, you should be allowed to write whatever you want and it’s a stupid debate.
Although, I would always say if you’re going to write something gender-specific, go ask a member of the opposite sex to read your text. Or you may find your work being mocked mercilessly (and usually, quite rightly) on Men Write Women over on Twatter. (Linky: twitter.com/men_write_women )
“The embodiment of necromancy,” replied Lucy, “and she’s as old as balls.”
“How old?” asked Meria.
“I’m not sure,” pondered Lucy. “But she was there when the greeks named Tuesday. Apparently, they watched the moon go around the earth, and called it a day.”
Morning came, and Lucy arrived at her usual time. “Where were you last night?” asked Meria.
“Home, of course,” replied Lucy.
“I swear there was someone in my house last night,” cried Meria.
“Funny, I thought someone was standing outside my window last night,” pondered Lucy. “Until I woke up and noticed the handprints on the inside of the glass…”
The creak of floorboards awoke Meria. The rush of adrenaline had
her scrambling for the door before her eyes had fully opened. The door
to the next room slammed shut.
“Help,” pleaded another Sprite emerging from the ocean. “I don’t know where I am.”
“The gap between the world of the living and the lands of the dead, yadda, yadda,” replied Cuttle. “What’s the last thing you remember?”
“Two pills,” sighed Sprite. “One would kill me and the other would make me forget my family.”
The trio watched another Sprite sink into the sand. “I had to swallow one,” it cried, “my child would have the other.”
Man, I need to dip back into horror more. I’m sure this idea was in a film or TV program. Possibly an old Twilight Zone? Be darned if I can remember where I’ve seen it though.