Published!!
The October 2017 issue of Empyreome Magazine went live yesterday morning (Saturday, October 7), featuring my story, “Time in a Bottle”!!! I’ve been throwing exclamation points and being generally obnoxious all over the internet telling the world, so I thought it about time I announce it on my blog.
To answer those questions I posed last week:
What’s it called?
“Time in a Bottle”
What inspired it?
Believe it or not, the Jim Croce song, “Time in a Bottle.” In the song, Croce yearns to be able to bottle up time, so he could have an endless supply to spend with loved ones, and do the things he wants to do. Jim recorded the song in 1972, and it was released as a single in 1973 after his untimely death in a plane crash.
Where can I find it? When will it be available?
It’s available now, right here: Empyreome, Vol.1, Issue 4.
I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
Colin my writing friend, you nailed it. Loved, loved, loved it. My kind of story, particularly because of two things.
First, Croce’s song which looped for hours in my brain after the crash because radio stations played it over and over again as a lesson for all of us.
Secondly, as I teeter on the edge of old, I sometimes wonder about the value and quality of life as it awaits all of us as we age.
Great job Colin. Can’t wait for more.
Thank you so much, 2Ns!! It’s interesting the things people get out of a story. There’s certainly more than one layer to this one–including ones I didn’t consciously intend. Isn’t art the coolest thing? 🙂
Yup, using the right side of your brain is beyond cool.
Great story Colin. Congratulations
Thank you, Jane! I hope you are all keeping well. Give our love to the family. 🙂
Great story, Colin! Wasn’t expecting it to get so dark at the end, caught me quite by surprise. Beautifully written.
Thanks, Emma. Yeah, it is dark… but it really makes the story for me. At least from a narrative perspective. Not the kind of ending I would counsel in real life… 🙂
Loved your story. “Time.” It’s all we have, really. So glad you’re spending some of yours–much of yours?–in things that last.
Thank you, Rena. Time is the most precious thing we have. You can’t make more of it, and it depreciates very quickly, as I’m learning every year…!
Well done! Congratulations. A very poignant story.
Thank you, Micki! 🙂
Nice piece, Colin. Very well handled. Isn’t it great to arrive! Wouldn’t you think it’d get easier once you pass through the gates? Oh well, the heck with that dream, right. I remember reading Jeff Somers talking about getting ASKED to submit a story to an anthology. And they still rejected it. Ugh!
But obstacles are nothing to a determined writer. Keep writing!