tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post3959737761870139579..comments2024-03-08T15:14:31.312-05:00Comments on Landless: #FridayFlash: High PlacesTony Nolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-44524283593207427302013-07-08T17:03:29.365-04:002013-07-08T17:03:29.365-04:00Ah, but there is so much behind this person's ...Ah, but there is so much behind this person's needs and desires. Not sure I could fit it all in.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-28971132089618712772013-07-08T17:02:47.381-04:002013-07-08T17:02:47.381-04:00No simple motivations, that's for sure.No simple motivations, that's for sure.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-50876134823612474532013-07-08T17:02:31.767-04:002013-07-08T17:02:31.767-04:00Thanks! I'm glad the twist(s) worked for you!Thanks! I'm glad the twist(s) worked for you!Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-88407972885310595472013-07-08T16:55:34.941-04:002013-07-08T16:55:34.941-04:00Loved your answer to Tom - you should incorporate ...Loved your answer to Tom - you should incorporate it into the story immediately! Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831231531918915804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-48964201820282860292013-07-07T15:29:10.017-04:002013-07-07T15:29:10.017-04:00There's a lot of a sense of back story to this...There's a lot of a sense of back story to this one. Very full story.Icy Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-20998992638258778452013-07-07T11:23:45.001-04:002013-07-07T11:23:45.001-04:00I loved the manipulation of reader sympathies here...I loved the manipulation of reader sympathies here... sort of like Gardener's Grendel.Katherine Hajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08270232675026751342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-10034361368479851372013-07-06T17:59:55.143-04:002013-07-06T17:59:55.143-04:00He'd like you to join HIM!He'd like you to join HIM!Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-15653311962719649932013-07-06T17:59:43.236-04:002013-07-06T17:59:43.236-04:00It's lonely at the top.It's lonely at the top.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-30481736366633161682013-07-06T17:59:29.592-04:002013-07-06T17:59:29.592-04:00For a few hundred years, he lived atop the Andes. ...For a few hundred years, he lived atop the Andes. It was a good time, actually. The locals would send up some people as sacrifices every few weeks, he'd take care of the weather and warring tribes and all was well. Taught them a hell of a lot about the stars and the heavens, too.<br /><br />But then the Spanish came. And everything changed. And he had to move on.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-38646013054728251512013-07-06T17:57:47.758-04:002013-07-06T17:57:47.758-04:00No, there are plenty of humans around. Too damn ma...No, there are plenty of humans around. Too damn many of them, actually.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-65887881791414123852013-07-06T17:57:25.781-04:002013-07-06T17:57:25.781-04:00There are no yetis on K2.
Not anymore.There are no yetis on K2.<br /><br />Not anymore.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-45959231798746568602013-07-06T17:57:00.719-04:002013-07-06T17:57:00.719-04:00Living in a state of conflicted self-denial is exc...Living in a state of conflicted self-denial is excellent fodder for fiction.<br /><br />And depression.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-76429346910427709442013-07-05T23:44:54.011-04:002013-07-05T23:44:54.011-04:00I was just thinking, I'd like to join him, the...I was just thinking, I'd like to join him, then came the twist! Nice one Tony, ^_^Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-19647414258937943932013-07-05T16:49:29.880-04:002013-07-05T16:49:29.880-04:00Poor thing. Forced to live in the dense highrises ...Poor thing. Forced to live in the dense highrises of of his human prey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-38844740123853758542013-07-05T11:16:09.340-04:002013-07-05T11:16:09.340-04:00I can't help but feel a little sorry for your ... I can't help but feel a little sorry for your creature Tony.. He is so trapped and desolate .. Can't we just send him a couple of humans now and again to his shelter at the top of K2? I have a few in mind that I would like to send to him/her/it. Weird and wonderful as always..<br />"The upper light of the north face" ..Great phrase, by the way..<br /><br /> tom gillespiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14587969162663951721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-48438157287645502982013-07-05T11:11:53.537-04:002013-07-05T11:11:53.537-04:00it's only fai that he may have hunted the last...it's only fai that he may have hunted the last few remaining humans to extinction, after all it's what we humans do to other species...<br /><br />marc nashSulci Collectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-24898321709589742022013-07-05T09:54:58.083-04:002013-07-05T09:54:58.083-04:00Maybe if he moves to K2, he could munch on the yet...Maybe if he moves to K2, he could munch on the yetis. Or maybe play bridge with them. ;-)<br /><br />I liked this, the MC's yearning to escape what he's become, the flow that kept me guessing his nature right to the end.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-32488968900461671372013-07-05T09:39:31.265-04:002013-07-05T09:39:31.265-04:00Moving to K2 might be an act of charity for the na...Moving to K2 might be an act of charity for the narrator to humanity. This is similar to a short story I've been working on - particularly hunger as a conflict point.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.com