Always Grinning
by Nathaniel Lee
This story is a Pseudopod original, never published elsewhere, except in two previous "drabbles" or "flitterfics:"
"Helpless," a flitterfic published in Mirrorshards on June 19th, 2010:
www.mirrorshards.org/2010/06/helpless.html
"It's Always Grinning," a flitterfic published in Mirrorshards on June 24th, 2010:
www.mirrorshards.org/2010/06/its-always-grinning.html
About the Author:
Nathaniel Lee is a writer living in North Carolina with his wife, child, and obligatory cats. He puts words in order, and sometimes people give him money for them. His work, including a full bibliography, can be found at his daily writing blog, Mirrorshards where he publishes a 100-word story most days. HIs short story “Gastrohpidia” is currently available at Ideomancer. The Mirrorshards book, “Splinters of Silver and Glass” has 100 of his drabbles, one flash fiction story (“The Lady of Tilmarine”) and one full-length short story (“Old Growth.”)
www.mirrorshards.org
This narration appears on Pseudopod #303. The audio was narrated and produced by Rikki LaCoste.
We highly recommend that you listen to the entire episode. It is the 13th Flash on the Borderlands episode, and features a couple other fantastic works of flash fiction by some brilliant authors. Namely:
"A Murder Of Crows," by Tres Crow;
"Magnitude Seven," by David Glen Larson;
and the always provocative commentaries by Pseudopod host, Alasdair Stuart.
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Pseudopod #303 Page
pseudopod.org/2012/10/12/pseudopod-303-flash-on-the-borderlands-xiii-responsible-parties/
Pseudopod #303 Audio
media.libsyn.com/media/pseudopod/Pseudo303_FlashOnTheBorderlandsXIII.mp3