Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

Glad you enjoyed creativesoul. Thank for your heartfelt words. John

That is priceless. You took it and voila it appeared for her when you replaced it. A successful covert operation.

John

Sasha had you not told me you see it as a misfire I'd have never guessed. Your story worked for me big time. Really enjoyed it. You built the suspense with all the subtle emotions and apprehension on the part of the protagonist down to a tee. Really fine work my friend.

John

This was part of a series of ancient myths I reinterpreted for modern times. This one was loosely based on a tale from the Arabian Nights book. Though I reinvented the plot, characters, and setting. Thank you for your perceptive comparison to King Lear and fairy tales. Your comment is very much appr...

Sasha, truly suspenseful unfolding of this interaction. How Collins finally learns to trust John without concrete proof but through things coming together as you so brilliantly bring the threads into enough for his faith. Loved the nuances of Collin’s trepidation with their resolution. Quite a tale ...

You write your mother’s tax problems with the drama of an epic tale my friend. And like a Homeric story Odysseus, in this case you, rises back into the light at the end. Truly and engaging tale gripping and with a grand resolution at the end. Your story had me empathizing with you the protagonist wh...

The Story of the Three Sisters Three sisters try not to compete with each other but can’t help but try to get ahead in this capitalist economy. Yet, even with good jobs, there is something missing in their lives. Finally, the youngest sister lands her dreamboat at a convention for cosmetics. An up a...

Indeed I heard rumors of a black panther roaming the bayous of my hometown in Natchez, Mississippi when I was a child. Just because the forestry service won't confirm these sightings doesn't mean they didn't happen. Forest rangers can't observe all of what goes on in your southwestern New Hampshire ...

Lioness of the Desert Over breakfast, I break some news for Marsha. “Hey let’s try this on for size. Marsha, I want to take you out into the deep desert. Maybe we’ll see some sandworms like in the Dune books.” She says, “You’re so crazy, but truly we could come home and find our balcony egged or dra...

Same with me my friend. I constantly gaze out the window on a plane. But being on top of the outdoor deck of our state capitol here in Louisiana gives me the heebee geebies.

John

Climbing ladders can be a challenge to one's tolerance of heights. I haven't done it in over a decade. Thanks for sharing my friend.

John

On the Road to Betrothal They follow the ragged brow of the Hopi reservation to the ancient Pueblo of Walpi perched on its wrinkle. Atop the mesa, they sit in a room with a sandy floor with the other tourists. The timbers shake in the wind-driven sand of April. The Native guide, with his long hair, ...

The Off-Script Society Today the grass is green and the women who keep me company show me their summer ways with sunshine smiles and June dresses. A single-lens reflex camera is slung over my shoulder to keep my three women always in the apple of their youth. We cross from the college campus through...

Mnaz, thank you for truly understanding the direction I was going in here. Indeed our form of capitalism need not be the only one. But as you point out the free market economy has destabilized the ecosystem and eaten alive the diversity of species on our planet. Surely we can find a better way as th...

Futurescape A signal makes its way from deep space to their monitoring antenna. The message says a ship is on the way with a cargo manifest of robotic construction crews and urban planners. Rochelle’s heart sinks. Also in the message is a plan for the rapid conversion from a communal economy to a fr...