One day you wake up in the middle of the desert. You have no recollection on where you are, how you got there, and who exactly you are. All you know is that you're chained right hand with right leg. This is the beginning of my new serial story.

http://manictastic.blogspot.com/2008/02/deserted.html

I'm currently in the process of reading the great novel by Herman Melville, Moby-Dick. I'm only at page 230, but I wanted to show/express the best or wittiest bit of the entire novel up till now.

In Chapter 16, Ishmael goes for a job interview with Captain Peleg. This captain asks Ishmael why he wants to go a-whaling. One of the reasons Ishmael gives is that he wants to see the world. Captain Peleg sends him to the front of the boat and asks him what he sees. Ishmael replies: "...nothing but water..."

I think this has to be the best bit of the book. Don't you agree?

I've written a new short story on my blog. Just click here to read it: http://manictastic.blogspot.com/2008/02/bridge.html

I have this contest running -well, it's closest already, but the winners will be announced soon- and you could participate by sending in a short story with a fixed character. The character had to be a 23 year old who had just graduated from college. I had three people who sent in their story -check them out here http://manictastic.blogspot.com/2008/01/manictastic-short-story-award-entrants.html- and this story I wrote was just to show that I could fulfil my own assignment. So, yeah, that's what I wanted to say. Check out my post and the stories of my contestants.

Greetings,

Manictastic