tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post3880027910595610504..comments2023-11-28T22:47:40.465-05:00Comments on Tales from FAR Manor: #FridayFlash: BaitLarry Kollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-54532321143810880952011-12-14T08:52:52.893-05:002011-12-14T08:52:52.893-05:00Thanks Paul — even if they throw you back, it has ...Thanks Paul — even if they throw you back, it has to be traumatic to get yanked into the sky then dropped a long way from home…<br /><br />Thanks, Peter!Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-3178436611621862772011-12-12T17:37:30.870-05:002011-12-12T17:37:30.870-05:00I think it's all been said above, but this is ...I think it's all been said above, but this is cute, very cute.Peter Newmanhttp://www.runpetewrite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-46259731109073030032011-12-12T01:42:08.709-05:002011-12-12T01:42:08.709-05:00FAR,
Very enjoyable! Love the fear of the humans ...FAR,<br /><br />Very enjoyable! Love the fear of the humans and how the Aliens are really only looking for iron :-) Very well done!<br /><br />All the best,<br />PaulD. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00931977627241091039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-24424711220181478292011-12-11T15:26:47.496-05:002011-12-11T15:26:47.496-05:00Argh, I did it again — sorry, Chris! Yes, I was go...Argh, I did it again — sorry, Chris! Yes, I was going for at least a feel of inversion there… if not immersion. :-)<br /><br />Thanks, Cherie!<br /><br />Aidan, my in-laws are in their 50s and they still act like that! :-PLarry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-53097748890745650332011-12-11T13:05:04.928-05:002011-12-11T13:05:04.928-05:00You have a deft touch with youngsters and the way ...You have a deft touch with youngsters and the way you capture their bickering provides a nice foreground to the rich world you've created. A fun read.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14170148559429001125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-72090322244782740072011-12-11T11:47:44.197-05:002011-12-11T11:47:44.197-05:00Awesome flash piece! I love the twist at the end. ...Awesome flash piece! I love the twist at the end. :)Cherie Reichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16663147386014122939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-39120390428741844072011-12-11T09:10:35.223-05:002011-12-11T09:10:35.223-05:00Morning!
Li, sorry I missed you yesterday — must ...Morning!<br /><br />Li, sorry I missed you yesterday — must have been a simul-post. I do an occasional podcast called "Shiny things!" which may have had something to do with the choice of term. ;-)<br /><br />Thanks Tim! Mrs. Fetched rarely (if ever) "gets" my humor so I get gunshy about being funny sometimes.<br /><br />Craig, I don't know about it being a family outing, but it would be a convenient way to relocate in a hurry!Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-17410317171491724122011-12-11T05:49:03.872-05:002011-12-11T05:49:03.872-05:00I don't know how you did it but you made an al...I don't know how you did it but you made an alien abduction a thing the whole family can look forward to. <br /><br />Shinies reminds of school it's what we used to call shiny marbles :).Craig Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07176851401465801580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-5755239617671727302011-12-11T05:35:25.861-05:002011-12-11T05:35:25.861-05:00Wow, so imaginative. Thought at first they were fi...Wow, so imaginative. Thought at first they were fish, but then the further you read the more it becomes a proper sci-fi short.Chris Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17839476477608619468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-21207155807806392682011-12-10T20:03:51.260-05:002011-12-10T20:03:51.260-05:00I love the quirkiness in this.I love the quirkiness in this.Tim VanSant Writeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17614259042362664840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-63678447598603223532011-12-10T19:03:57.196-05:002011-12-10T19:03:57.196-05:00Thanks Helen! I laughed when I got the story idea,...Thanks Helen! I laughed when I got the story idea, and this was a fun one to write…<br /><br />Boran, boo hiss! :-D<br /><br />Steve, I guess it depends on whether the fish gets "probed" first…<br /><br />Chuck, that reminds me of the book <i>Arty the Smarty</i> I read when I was a kid. Arty was a fish who put boots etc. on fishhooks.<br /><br />Thanks, Danni!<br /><br />Tom, I think Mom was just telling the kids to shut it rather than making an actual threat… but hey, you never know!Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-47825910702456330002011-12-10T18:55:51.642-05:002011-12-10T18:55:51.642-05:00Very cool :-)) Love the simple term "shinies&...Very cool :-)) Love the simple term "shinies"...I'd definitely be caught!Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831231531918915804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-22193200399051932672011-12-10T16:35:52.066-05:002011-12-10T16:35:52.066-05:00Great premise, fun and scary at the same time. The...Great premise, fun and scary at the same time. There's a slight malevolent undercurrent (maybe I'm thinking of War of the Worlds and those tentacles) ..and a feeling that the adults are complicit with the aliens? Do kids have more iron?Tom Gillespie : @tom_gillespiehttp://www.tom-gillespie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-16519316538311320052011-12-10T12:53:43.830-05:002011-12-10T12:53:43.830-05:00I'm with Michael, I thought they might actuall...I'm with Michael, I thought they might actually be fish. Fun story, Far.Danielle La Pagliahttp://www.daniellelapaglia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-69167409608073278322011-12-10T11:01:41.834-05:002011-12-10T11:01:41.834-05:00So much fun to read, FAR! And I'm pretty sure ...So much fun to read, FAR! And I'm pretty sure I've had some fish pull stunts like this on me when I'm fishing. Brilliant ending, too.Chuck Allenhttp://www.chuckallen.us/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-52268614380420242502011-12-10T09:17:11.009-05:002011-12-10T09:17:11.009-05:00Oh I love it, brilliant stuff FAR. :)
I have...Oh I love it, brilliant stuff FAR. :) <br /><br />I have sometimes wondered, after a fish has been caught and returned to the water, does it think it's been the victim of an alien abduction?Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-20393555015414109652011-12-09T23:09:46.651-05:002011-12-09T23:09:46.651-05:00Is this IRONy? ;-)
These aliens really are green...Is this IRONy? ;-)<br /><br />These aliens really are green in that they recycle old iron.boran2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10483728578007756485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-1319539555231653732011-12-09T22:48:38.663-05:002011-12-09T22:48:38.663-05:00Now that was a great twist.
The whole idea of the...Now that was a great twist.<br /><br />The whole idea of the kids fighting while the parents are trying to catch shinies, in fear for their life, and all the time all the aliens want is scrap iron!<br /><br />Very creative Larry and great fun!Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-2090206704436676772011-12-09T20:28:28.561-05:002011-12-09T20:28:28.561-05:00Whoops, I missed Sonia! Sorry about that!Whoops, I missed Sonia! Sorry about that!Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-86860625329687131572011-12-09T20:26:23.822-05:002011-12-09T20:26:23.822-05:00Hi all! I'm not sure where this came from. I t...Hi all! I'm not sure where this came from. I think it was several thoughts that tried to get thought all at once, and my brain turned sideways and spit out a story.<br /><br />Quinn, John, it came out whimsical and subsequent go-overs didn't change things.<br /><br />JohnW, kids have their own rumor mills and news sources, you know!<br /><br />Tony, the aliens find it more sporting to fish for it.<br /><br />Flyingscribber… *snort*<br /><br />Raven, and it's already refined! Just have to melt it down.<br /><br />Thanks, Michael. I'm sure the parents wonder the same thing sometimes!<br /><br />Icy, thanks — can you have fishing without a couple good-ol'-boys involved?Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-71965117468431040802011-12-09T20:06:02.737-05:002011-12-09T20:06:02.737-05:00LOL Fishing aliens! Fun read!LOL Fishing aliens! Fun read!Sonia Lalhttp://storytreasury.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-33861049002067981622011-12-09T17:31:26.072-05:002011-12-09T17:31:26.072-05:00Oh I loved this! Really inventive and I love that ...Oh I loved this! Really inventive and I love that ending. Nice funny little twist.Icy Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-38536546033226983942011-12-09T16:16:56.217-05:002011-12-09T16:16:56.217-05:00I kept going back and forth, wondering if they wer...I kept going back and forth, wondering if they were fish in a cartoony, human-like world (say like spongebob) or actual humans :)<br /><br />Well done!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518183823230864763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-82350397584241652272011-12-09T15:19:41.901-05:002011-12-09T15:19:41.901-05:00Seems less harmful than mining it up.Seems less harmful than mining it up.Raven Corinn Carlukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06014248975870886289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-10973522820609405022011-12-09T13:06:46.658-05:002011-12-09T13:06:46.658-05:00The creativity and ideas you have put into this ar...The creativity and ideas you have put into this are brilliant. You certainly (wait for it...here it comes...) had me hooked!<br /><br />The aliens remind me of the recurring aliens in The Simpsons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com