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News From Poughkeepsie – Day 163
Clothes Make The Character
Chau’s medium was fire. She sculpted it, with the help of two specially designed bracelets. The bracelets shot out flame from Chau’s wrists, and she moved her wrists–her whole body, really–in such a way that changed the shape of the flame. He sculptures were unique, etherial, and very much in demand.
Chau would say she bended fire to her will, and would then be surprised at the laughter this would cause.
Of course, they did not know about Chau’s fierce battle with the fire elemental that resulted in her bracelets…
News From Poughkeepsie – Day 162
Clothes Make The Character
Reggie’s mother had told him that his cape was not magic. It would not allow him to fly, despite being the same color red as Superman’s cape. He should not try to jump off the roof, or a tree, or the cliff face down by the river. The cape was not magic.
Reggie knew this. Of course the cape wasn’t magic. The ring he had found in the woods, however…
News From Poughkeepsie – Day 161
No comments or prompts for our historical detectives last week. Not genre enough, maybe? An easy enough fix….
If you’re like me, not only do you enjoy a well-designed tie, but you are also anxiously awaiting the next IRON MAN film. While I do not own a necktie made of steel and LEDS–though who knows what may happen between now and Balticon–the idea of “power clothes” is nonetheless an appealing concept. Clothes do not necessarily make the man or woman, but they are extremely important to a character. And, if they have added features like a television screen or a taser blast, so much the better!
I should point out that this week is your last chance to get a free News From Poughkeepsie T-shirt. All you have to do is write a story with a beginning, middle and end, that’s inspired by one of the prompts in January. You can put your story, or a link to it in the comments or send it right to me at newsfrompoughkeepsie (at) gmail.com. My favorite gets the shirt.
Next week, everything changes!
Clothes Make The Character
Gwenna had worked extremely hard on her hat. Most anti-grav helmets were bulky, lumpy affairs. But Gwenna was a woman of taste. While she understood the safety concerns, she knew that most of the helmet’s bulk was padding. Gwenna promptly ripped out the small, discrete circuitry in her newly purchased helmet, and lovingly placed it inside her favorite felt fedora. The lack of stabilizers meant that outright flying was out of question, but Gwenna found that she quite enjoyed floating a few feet above the ground. And the anti-gravity assist to her jumps was thrilling.
As that mugger realized when Gwenna easily kicked him in the face….
