LINKDING

Excerpt: Scene 1: The Wedding [ORION stands alone on an otherwise bare stage. He is dressed for a wedding, but the clothes are in a state of disarray. Tie loose, shirt unbuttoned. The overall effect misleadingly implies a walk of shame. There are stains on his sleeves that look like gold paint.] ORION: I met the Admiral of the Ocean Sea at a wedding. I’m not going to say his name. Not here. Not yet. Macbeth doesn’t really show up for every new staging of the Scottish Play, but the Admiral is always listening and hungry for praise. I come to bury him instead. But first, the wedding! ➤ an sff short story written as the script for an experimental theatre piece ➤ I love the conceit of the piece, and seeing as it unfolded more and more just where it's going with everything ➤ about the mythologising of history, the "discovery" of the americas by columbus, the power of theatre, and ghosts ➤ perhaps a bit blunt in its themes in the end but I had a lot of fun anyway! ➤ 6k words in length

<blockquote>Oliver’s father told him that the park across the street used to be a lake. The entire park, including the baseball field, the sledding hills, and the playgrounds, used to be underwater—everything except for the two sets of swings at the top of the hill. He said that highway construction had cut into secret, underground places and wounded the lake. It drained down to a small pond with hills on all sides.</blockquote> ➤ does what it says on the tin