So, for the next four weeks we will be on hiatus! We will be taking down stories to edit and publish. This means that the stories we take down will be much longer and may have different endings once we are through with them. Some stories may not change, and some stories may be combined into one single story. It all depends on the theme we choose for our first publication. We are hopefully going to go for an e-book or e-magazine. We would love some fan submissions to be put in, and we might even add some stories that we haven't put on the Feather and Ink blog. It all depends on where we go with this.
We would like to have this project done by the end of December, but that plan may change due to life being thorns in our sides.
If there are any stories you would like to see us tune up, or if you would like to have something of yours published in our first little project, just e-mail us! If you have any suggestions for a theme for us to base our project on, e-mail us! So far, all I can think of is 'Best of 2013', 'Madness', and 'Supernatural'.
You can e-mail us at inkedfeathersfink@gmail.com, or you can message us on our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Feather-and-Ink/.
Each week we will try to give a status report.
So, I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving, we will be back in Challenge business on the 7th of December!
“Deirdre!” He calls my name out into the open air. I hesitate to
turn around, not wanting to look into his eyes. He steps closer to me and puts
his hand on my arm. I have no choice left, but to turn around and face him. “I
dare you to kiss me Deirdre and tell me that you don’t feel something between
us.” He says. I can see it all in his eyes, he loves me more than her.
“I can’t do that Will, and you know why.” I say, and it breaks my heart in half
to do so. But If I know Will, he won’t give up a fight.
“That’s bullshit Deirdre and you know it.” He says. He takes my hand into his
and looks in my eyes.
“Please, I dare you, I triple dog dare you.” He says and leans in close to kiss
me. A lot happens in the seconds before a kiss. You wouldn’t believe what
happens to your mind and your body when someone you love has their lips inches
away from yours. It’s a crazy experience that I had only been through once in
my life. But now here was Will standing in front of me and he made the seconds
seem longer. When I was with Will It felt like a rush of cool air on a hot
summer day. He made everything better. But deep down in my stomach I could feel
that this wasn’t right.
Will had been married for four years now. He was married to
his high school sweetheart Melissa Cambry. For years and years in high school I
had admired Will from afar, but never did anything about it. Years later I ran
into him at a Comic convention of all places. Turns out Will had been a closet
geek like me, and from there on we clicked. One night Will had come over for
dinner and half way through the meal we just started talking. It was a deep
conversation that left our meals cold by the end of the night. Then Will kissed
me and despite what my mind was telling me, my heart had taken over.
Will
and I had been having our affair for six months. I knew it was wrong, he knew
it was wrong. But it didn’t stop us. Every day I would wake up and look in the
mirror and at first I would smile thinking of him, but then I would think of
Melissa. What if I were in her shoes? I would hate the women who took my man.
That’s when I began to hate myself. I couldn’t take it anymore, so I called
Will and I told him I don’t love him. I was only in it for the sex, and that I
had found someone new.
I didn’t expect to see him again that morning. I had been
avoiding him for weeks and weeks. I was afraid that if I saw him again that he
would know the truth. I was still in love with him, and even though I hated
myself for what I was doing I still wanted to be with him.
I
wanted so badly to kiss him now, but a lot could happen in the seconds before a
kiss and I finally knew what I wanted. I pull away from Will and push him back
some.
“Stop Will, first you have to listen to me.” I say. “Will, I love you. You know
that I do. But you are married to Melissa, you know that right? Before this had
ever happened-“ I gesture at myself and then at him.
“-before you and me were ever a thing, you loved Melissa. And you know what?
She loves you Will. I don’t know her like I did in high school, but nobody
deserves this and you know that’s true. So here’s the deal, if you love me then
I dare you tell me you’re not still
in love with her.” I say. My question is answered when Will stands there for a
moment, hesitating. It hurts to do this, but I know it’s the right thing. I
lean in and kiss Will on the cheek. “Goodbye Will.” I say and walk away.
It's time for our 50th challenge! After this, we will be going on a four week hiatus. More on that next week. For now, let's focus on the challenge!
The challenge for this week is to write a story based off of the letter D. You may integrate tons of words with letter into your story, or focus your story on a word that starts with the letter.
If you would like to join us for the challenge by submitting your own short stories, poems, or art, please do! Just e-mail us at inkedfeathersfink@gmail.com so that we may showcase your work for Fan Friday!
