The 'normal'-length podcasts from Tuesday's evening of Blood & Thunder will be up shortly. In the interim, however, here are the ten finest Twitter tales submitted from around the globe to our challenge to write to the theme in less than 134 characters. The podcast with the audience reaction is below. Enjoy. And of course, do retweet ;-)
"The small boy sat awkstruck beside the widening pool of his father's blood, unsure if he'd be punished for playing with the band saw. #bandt" ~ @twitbork
"Jodie stared through the bars at the blood staining the lion's muzzle. A sudden clap of thunder startled both lion and clown.. #bandt #vss" ~ @Qmbritches
"In the shadows, he waited for the lightning and counted. The thunder would cover the sound of the gun and the darkness, her blood. #bandt" ~ @CliveM
"From a blood-red sky and with a thunderous boom, fell God's angry big toe upon the heathen masses. Much pain and toenail clippings. #bandt" ~ @whaddafugger
"He lifted his blood soaked face from the bar and in a voice like thunder demanded that they should wake him if his mummy called. #bandt" ~ @TheFreud
"They found his clothes, dripping with blood, in the washing machine. If only he had asked his wife how to use it before the argument #bandt" ~ @CliveM
"His words were lost in the storm. I smiled at him through the rain,saying nothing-he was on one knee, but I wasn't assuming anything. #bandt" ~ @VivienneVM
"Best pudding's pigs o'course. But no pigs n'more. Storm came; pigs ran. Or died. We make do. Pudding's better than ever. Tuck in lad. #bandt" ~ @paul_clarke
"Watching lightning from the office kitchen window I overhear another person asking another person how their weekend was. I stab them #bandt" ~ @swashbuckled
"As each red droplet landed her wails filled the night. Anger boiled over to violence. He’d never spill red wine on her carpet again. #bandt" ~ @RebeccaJPayne
Thanks to all who competed. The next context, open from now will be with the hashtag #llsatc for the Sex & the City event. Best of luck!
Loving the twitter fiction! Very well read, I hope to come down for a live show soon. :)
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=644701102 | Oct 16, 2009 at 02:25 PM
Well read Tim, thank you. And thanks to a very fine audience. What fun!
Posted by: VivienneVM | Oct 16, 2009 at 02:10 PM