{"id":3217,"date":"2014-10-28T20:25:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T03:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/?p=3217"},"modified":"2014-10-28T20:25:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T03:25:09","slug":"flash-fiction-the-gay-bulgur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/?p=3217","title":{"rendered":"Flash Fiction: The Gay Bulgur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All right, Sam sent me <a href=\"http:\/\/www.witsradio.org\/bad-gaiman-challenge\/\">this<\/a>, and I couldn&#8217;t resist:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Neil Gaiman is a beloved and best-selling author and an upcoming guest on Wits.  Neil\u2019s tremendous imagination can be found in novels, short stories, graphic novels, theater, and film.  There is no one like Neil Gaiman.<\/p>\n<p>Or is there?<\/p>\n<p>No, probably not. Still, we invite you to try and fail to be like Neil. Wits proudly presents \u2026Submit your worst Neil Gaiman knock-off story. It needs to be very short, no more than 30 seconds read out loud, because Neil himself(!) will be reading the best\/worst entries live on stage at our Wits taping on November 8th.  Use all the Sandmen, gods, monsters, angels, and oceans at the ends of lanes that you wish, just make sure it\u2019s very very bad. The deadline is November 5th at 9pm, enter as often as you wish. There are no prizes beyond the deep satisfaction that comes with knowing you\u2019re the author of the worst Neil Gaiman-esque short fiction in the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So here&#8217;s my entry:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The G\u00e1e Bolg,&#8221; the girl said, enunciating very clearly, as if she thought I was rather dim. &#8220;It&#8217;s the legendary weapon of the Irish warrior C\u00fa Chulainn, except hardly anybody knows what it actually WAS. Supposedly it was made from the bones of a sea monster, and he threw it with his toes&#8211;and if you got hit with it, the barbs went all through your body and killed you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t care about any gay bulgur,&#8221; I said, struggling feebly against my bonds. &#8220;Or gay farro, or gay wheatberries, or anything. I just wanted to sell you a fine set of knives at a subscription price.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But that&#8217;s just it, I have my own already,&#8221; said the girl. And then she took off her shoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All right, Sam sent me this, and I couldn&#8217;t resist: Neil Gaiman is a beloved and best-selling author and an upcoming guest on Wits. Neil\u2019s tremendous imagination can be found in novels, short stories, graphic novels, theater, and film. There is no one like Neil Gaiman. Or is there? No, probably not. Still, we invite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3217"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3217"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3221,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3217\/revisions\/3221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}