...Quid pro quo, yes or no?"
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If you didn't recognize that quote, then you need to watch it again. Little Starling, fly, fly, fly.
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I write A LOT of stories. So many that I often forget that I wrote them, stumbling upon them later and thinking, "Is that one of mine? Is that one I finished? Is that one any good?"
So, today I'm mentioning a story I wrote called "Quid Pro Quo," and the answers are Yes, Yes, and No.
But you know what is pretty good? The cover Big made for me. I mean, he may speak Portuguese instead of Spanish, he may not like Tina Turner or food on Wednesdays, and he may occasionally worship Belial, Nephew Of Beelzebub, but the man definitely has a knack for cover design.
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It would NOT create "a man and a goblin shaking hands, standing in a doorway,"
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Last week, I sent him an image of a goblin and an image of a man, and told him to combine them, so it looked like they were shaking hands. I gave him this mockup (which I recognize is pretty shaky, but it wasn't meant to be seen, not even on this blog):
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| The rough mockup. |
And this was the finished product:
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| Big's finished, combined version. They ALMOST look like they're together and touching. |
Then, I was pot-committed, as they say in Cricket circles.
I'll be honest, I would not have published this story AT ALL if Big's cover hadn't been so solid. He just keeps doing it, too, and that's an enabler of the finest/worst kind.
Speaking of the worst kind, "Quid Pro Quo" is a short story about a man, Alex, who gets a knock on his door by a little man who turns out to be a goblin. The goblin has a proposal, if Alex will do him some mischief.
And that is all. The story can be found HERE. I recorded it the other night, and tried to "make up" a foreign accent for the goblin to speak in, and ended up sounding like Martin Short's character in FATHER OF THE BRIDE. On behalf of goblins everywhere, I heartily apologize.
*Write? Yes. Finish? No.
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