tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post278679727543915752..comments2024-03-08T15:14:31.312-05:00Comments on Landless: #FridayFlash: Bones Don't BurnTony Nolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-63594830721343199112011-12-24T07:29:36.447-05:002011-12-24T07:29:36.447-05:00I love the horrifying obsessiveness of this piece....I love the horrifying obsessiveness of this piece.. A roll call of lives re-emerging. It is very poetic and disturbingly beautiful. I also love the last line.. reminds you that they'd be better off staying in the ground.<br />glad you re-posted Tony. Brilliant!Tom Gillespie : @tom_gillespiehttp://www.tom-gillespie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-62518508813729789062011-12-24T00:47:36.650-05:002011-12-24T00:47:36.650-05:00I love how the setting tells about the people'...I love how the setting tells about the people's lives.Cat Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160039271069426174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-17101572976701200392010-12-28T15:26:57.123-05:002010-12-28T15:26:57.123-05:00Thanks for reading this, everyone. I'm coming ...Thanks for reading this, everyone. I'm coming back to it at the end of the year, and liking it all over again.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-7185173908967926132010-06-16T08:12:38.678-04:002010-06-16T08:12:38.678-04:00Tony, this was really beautifully written. So many...Tony, this was really beautifully written. So many phrases that hit just the right chord. I'll think of this on my next graveyard walk.Lauritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688820247531607677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-91117778896911620792010-06-15T18:06:07.312-04:002010-06-15T18:06:07.312-04:00I don't know what to say that hasn't alrea...I don't know what to say that hasn't already been said. This is very very beautiful writing.Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-52559998063145366472010-06-14T11:53:48.451-04:002010-06-14T11:53:48.451-04:00Nice work, Tony. The dates really set the tone, so...Nice work, Tony. The dates really set the tone, something apocalyptic obviously happened, most probably disease since the time is strung out a bit, but the reader never knows what exactly it was. I think that adds to the sense of dread, or surreal feel, as Benjamin says. Very cool.<br /><br />I loved this line:<br /><br />Those who marry for money, work for it.<br /><br />And all for naught in the end.<br />~jonJ. M. Strotherhttp://www.jmstrother.com/MadUtopia/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-16853888886066194972010-06-13T15:14:49.584-04:002010-06-13T15:14:49.584-04:00Excellent story!
I love the tone and the wonderf...Excellent story! <br /><br />I love the tone and the wonderful setting elements.<br /><br />What a pleasure to read!<br /><br />RavenRavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11906089638356227232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-59129202126139871182010-06-13T09:22:50.356-04:002010-06-13T09:22:50.356-04:00Very well done, good sir! This is wonderfully inve...Very well done, good sir! This is wonderfully inventive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-62204081701307312422010-06-12T15:10:23.087-04:002010-06-12T15:10:23.087-04:00Tony, this is a great bit of atmosphere. As a read...Tony, this is a great bit of atmosphere. As a reader, I loved some of the turns of phrase and the ideas (titanium doesn't rise, it sinks, heh), and ached to know what happened, what killed off all the vertebrates. Great job; amazing work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-57073341349875373802010-06-12T10:08:57.893-04:002010-06-12T10:08:57.893-04:00By crikey! This one's a belter, Tony (and trus...By crikey! This one's a belter, Tony (and trust me, a "belter" is a good thing). My brain's just spun off trying to answer all the questions your story left me with. Fabulous!Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00361651251233078437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-57351777345621078442010-06-12T09:54:12.259-04:002010-06-12T09:54:12.259-04:00This was really lovely. You got me with that first...This was really lovely. You got me with that first line, just beautiful. I thought it was a rapture tale most of the way through, then was quietly pleased that it revealed a more horrible end to us all. Irrelevant features of future geology, no more important than a vein of quartz.Pamila Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14398900249578356483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-76713837755072303032010-06-12T08:05:11.329-04:002010-06-12T08:05:11.329-04:00Brilliant Tony. The dates left me wondering what t...Brilliant Tony. The dates left me wondering what the hell had happened to them all... something very very nasty, sinister, creeping and growing momentum.<br /><br />And "humanity" and nature still at battle with each other - with nature winning out for the time being.<br /><br />I love the idea of a post apocalyptic earth inhabited by re-animated bones. Bravo... I hope everyone gets a chance to read this,Jodi Cleghornhttp://jodicleghorn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-29704825644066198992010-06-12T00:32:29.021-04:002010-06-12T00:32:29.021-04:00I can't say anything better than what's al...I can't say anything better than what's already been said in the previous comments, so I'll keep it simple. <br /><br />Loved this.Cat Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160039271069426174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-50807650313011731472010-06-11T17:08:46.057-04:002010-06-11T17:08:46.057-04:00Thanks for commenting, guys, and especially to PJ ...Thanks for commenting, guys, and especially to <b>PJ</b> for commenting twice!<br /><br />So, what happened? What was the apocalypse? It doesn't really matter, does it? There's so much in here that used to be so terribly important... names, dates, relationships, advice given and ignored, wealth, love, hope, despair...<br /><br />None of that matters anymore.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-58828014264528060352010-06-11T16:07:14.845-04:002010-06-11T16:07:14.845-04:00I think what I loved best was the slow reveal that...I think what I loved best was the slow reveal that surfaced with each new date of death. The end absolutely rocked.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148970927473800732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-78695451673673522482010-06-11T16:07:05.437-04:002010-06-11T16:07:05.437-04:00Loved this. The birth & death dates, the slow ...Loved this. The birth & death dates, the slow build up through the graveyard and beyond. The sense that some terribly apocalypse has happened without really knowing what it was. Powerful.Virginia Moffatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12071059148315715405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-28007608632851562932010-06-11T12:24:05.136-04:002010-06-11T12:24:05.136-04:00Nuts, Tony - I came by last night and left a comme...Nuts, Tony - I came by last night and left a comment and am stopping by 2 c if u responded and it's gone! poof! Now I know how John Wiswell feels on my blog. Anyway ... This was tragic and yet very calm. I kept wanting to know exactly what happened, but in the end, the language swept me along and the why's and wherefore's seemed less important. Very cool piece, Tony.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521953491880916840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-25230908886483292182010-06-11T12:14:58.046-04:002010-06-11T12:14:58.046-04:00Jennifer saw her father die the day before she gav...Jennifer saw her father die the day before she gave birth, and saw her mother die the day after. Her baby died a couple of weeks later.<br /><br />Hence the suicide.<br /><br />Her husband, after the death of his wife, child, in-laws and relatives all around, got together with his parents and tried to run.<br /><br />It didn't work.<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting, everyone. I went a little weird this week. More exercises for a strange mind...Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-703006538801558612010-06-11T12:01:20.733-04:002010-06-11T12:01:20.733-04:00Very, very good. Wonderfully eerie, and what an in...Very, very good. Wonderfully eerie, and what an intriguing backstory. I will have 2154 imprinted on my mind for a while now.mazzz in Leedshttp://mazzz-in-leeds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-38992525439580795872010-06-11T11:48:45.666-04:002010-06-11T11:48:45.666-04:00Dark, captivating and, as always, with just enough...Dark, captivating and, as always, with just enough humour. Lots of stories describe Zombies and Skeletons rising from the grave. I'm so tickled you bothered thinking of the LOGISTICS. <br /><br />And because of that, it made the story all the more real and terrifying. ROCK ON.Monica Marierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03112762564137354581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-7775962501908466352010-06-11T07:26:19.157-04:002010-06-11T07:26:19.157-04:00I am continually amazed at the gems you create. T...I am continually amazed at the gems you create. This story is fabulously quirky, yet has so much depth to it, that suggests a broad narrative with some great humour. A great read.<br />Adam BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-82700787114946769382010-06-11T05:52:57.047-04:002010-06-11T05:52:57.047-04:00This one is lingering in my thoughts - read it las...This one is lingering in my thoughts - read it last night before bed and was thinking about it over breakfast. Quietly wonderful. xEmma Newmanhttp://www.enewman.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-55437124239421530162010-06-11T03:42:40.646-04:002010-06-11T03:42:40.646-04:00You are fearless with new styles of writing. I adm...You are fearless with new styles of writing. I admire and envy your abandon.<br /><br />There is so much happening in this one for a quiet story--the dates are fascinating, as well as the big, untold what did happen? And can bones do more than rot or petrify? I'm intrigued.pegjethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15255191759031800811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-84008242690696705882010-06-10T23:53:00.850-04:002010-06-10T23:53:00.850-04:00Such a surreal and creepy piece. I like the way yo...Such a surreal and creepy piece. I like the way you listed the character histories with the dates of birth and death, really added depth to it.Benjamin Solahhttp://benjaminsolah.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-43006310107521976722010-06-10T23:44:59.353-04:002010-06-10T23:44:59.353-04:00Tony, The images and uncertainties work together t...Tony, The images and uncertainties work together to create a strong piece. I'm numerically dyslexic (truth) so I had a hard time with all the dates at the beginning but as I worked past them, the affect of your story telling took hold. Very rich. ~ OliviaOlivia Tejedahttp://OliviaTejeda.comnoreply@blogger.com