Story by Sentence. - Page 2

lumberjim · 04-04-2006, 10:59 AM

Knowing what i did about the super virus i had been transporting, I was pretty sure it was probably too late anyway, and when i saw the raven take flight from amongst the bits of broken glass, I was sure it was.

Spexxvet · 04-04-2006, 12:18 PM

But the raven plummetted from the sky, looking for all the world like Harry Whittington, and landed not 50 yards from where we sat. Bessy Mae dashed toward the downed bird.

ferret88 · 04-04-2006, 01:13 PM

"Relent!" I commanded, and my beloved pooch halted in her tracks, open mouth mere inched from the infected bird.

Ridgeplate · 04-04-2006, 02:02 PM

It was then that Bessie's ears perked up, as she turned to look over my shoulder and into the sky...

Trilby · 04-04-2006, 04:16 PM

The sky was filled with ravens! Either I had gone over the edge or the birds were organizing their movements.

MaggieL · 04-04-2006, 04:28 PM

As if to confirm my suspicions, the birds all executed a movement simultaneously. Alll over my car. And Bessie.

MaggieL · 04-04-2006, 04:29 PM

{Do sentence fragments count?}

04-04-2006, 04:53 PM

A rain of black feathers poured down toward us. They gleamed blue-black in the sunlight and then were carried away with the passing breeze that was blowing right toward Philadelphia.

{sentence fragments are optional, I believe}

Cyclefrance · 04-04-2006, 05:26 PM

The birds weren't so much moving as in a flight formation , they were all practising the same movement of pulling their feathers from their bodies with their beaks as they flew - madness, but a madness imposed by the disease spilled from those broken vials - so not only humans were capable of becoming infected...

MaggieL · 04-04-2006, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marichiko

{sentence fragments are optional, I believe}

{Of course your post consisted of two complete sentences, with both subject and predicate (in fact one had two main clauses with a coordinating conjunction), rendering the issue of fragments rather moot. :-)}

JayMcGee · 04-04-2006, 06:12 PM

Bewildered by the antics of the birds in flight, I glanced back at Bessie, still guarding the downed raven - only to see the bird struggle into the air, desparate to catch its fellow avians as they flew forever onward...

TiddyBaby · 04-04-2006, 07:39 PM

Suddenly, Bessy Maes' head jerked back into the direction of the forest, ... with ravens circling above, and within the trees, ... a strange erie mist, or smokey vale, surrounding an image of what looked like a primative witchdoctor, or shaman, standing with hands raised upward.

Griff · 04-04-2006, 07:42 PM

Elspode worked his theramin like a man possessed.

TiddyBaby · 04-04-2006, 07:58 PM

Confused, yet mesmerised, ...I again heard the Shaman says these words,
"Elspode worked his theramin like a man possessed", upon which I noticed one of the survivors at the SUV begin to wave and move his arms about, like playing an instrument of some sort.

04-04-2006, 10:16 PM

It was UT playing the thick string guitar, and as his hypnotic melody swelled up to the heavens in conjuction with Patrick's playing:

I call to the East, the power of air
I call to the West, the waters of life
I call to the South, the power of fire
And to earth in the North in the pale moonlight...

04-04-2006, 10:59 AM	#16
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Knowing what i did about the super virus i had been transporting, I was pretty sure it was probably too late anyway, and when i saw the raven take flight from amongst the bits of broken glass, I was sure it was. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-04-2006, 12:18 PM	#17
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	But the raven plummetted from the sky, looking for all the world like Harry Whittington, and landed not 50 yards from where we sat. Bessy Mae dashed toward the downed bird. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

04-04-2006, 04:16 PM	#20
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	The sky was filled with ravens! Either I had gone over the edge or the birds were organizing their movements. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

04-04-2006, 04:28 PM	#21
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	As if to confirm my suspicions, the birds all executed a movement simultaneously. Alll over my car. And Bessie. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

04-04-2006, 04:29 PM	#22
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	{Do sentence fragments count?} __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

04-04-2006, 01:13 PM	#18
ferret88 (This space left intentionally UN-blank.) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 604	"Relent!" I commanded, and my beloved pooch halted in her tracks, open mouth mere inched from the infected bird.

04-04-2006, 02:02 PM	#19
Ridgeplate Zen Laxatives: "This too shall pass..." Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 53	It was then that Bessie's ears perked up, as she turned to look over my shoulder and into the sky...

04-04-2006, 04:53 PM	#23
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	A rain of black feathers poured down toward us. They gleamed blue-black in the sunlight and then were carried away with the passing breeze that was blowing right toward Philadelphia. {sentence fragments are optional, I believe}

04-04-2006, 05:26 PM	#24
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	The birds weren't so much moving as in a flight formation , they were all practising the same movement of pulling their feathers from their bodies with their beaks as they flew - madness, but a madness imposed by the disease spilled from those broken vials - so not only humans were capable of becoming infected... __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

04-04-2006, 06:12 PM	#26
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	Bewildered by the antics of the birds in flight, I glanced back at Bessie, still guarding the downed raven - only to see the bird struggle into the air, desparate to catch its fellow avians as they flew forever onward... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

04-04-2006, 07:39 PM	#27
TiddyBaby The internet's like a bra, underneath ya find a boob or two Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fl Posts: 326	Suddenly, Bessy Maes' head jerked back into the direction of the forest, ... with ravens circling above, and within the trees, ... a strange erie mist, or smokey vale, surrounding an image of what looked like a primative witchdoctor, or shaman, standing with hands raised upward.

04-04-2006, 07:42 PM	#28
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Elspode worked his theramin like a man possessed. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-04-2006, 07:58 PM	#29
TiddyBaby The internet's like a bra, underneath ya find a boob or two Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fl Posts: 326	Confused, yet mesmerised, ...I again heard the Shaman says these words, "Elspode worked his theramin like a man possessed", upon which I noticed one of the survivors at the SUV begin to wave and move his arms about, like playing an instrument of some sort.

04-04-2006, 10:16 PM	#30
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	It was UT playing the thick string guitar, and as his hypnotic melody swelled up to the heavens in conjuction with Patrick's playing: I call to the East, the power of air I call to the West, the waters of life I call to the South, the power of fire And to earth in the North in the pale moonlight...

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