Kappa Tracks

"A story is made up of words and characters. Are the words well chosen and do the characters live? All the rest is literary gossip."

My six decade love affair with the English language compels me to offer a list of authors whose work meets my critical standards. The single criterion operant is the quality of the prose as composed by the writers. I have made no discrimination whatsoever as to subject matter, theme, or plot.

Therefore be warned!

A great many of the works here listed may involve themes or subjects repugnant to some readers. I can only advise that if a particular story cannot be stomached, go on to the next; you will find at least a few to be to your taste.

Saturday, March 24, 2007

THE MOVIE-

Preface this entry with the following:
the kinds of weapons available
to humans are finite. over all
the planet, humans have invented only
a limited variety of hand weapons-
the edge, the projectile and the bludgeon--
(other categories ??)
i can't remember if it was Anglo-Saxon,
Celtic or Norman French--
but there was a weapon called a
"Sword-breaker" (when I first saw
the 'sai' -- that's what i thought they were)
the present wielder uses them
more as daggers--so, like- in THE MOVIE
they are (finally) used as they were meant to be.
also, if you've ever read any of the Robin Hood
stories, you may recall Robin's encounter
with Little John on that narrow bridge-
wherein neither will give way to the other--
they dispute the right of way with staffs--
a weapon called "single-stick"
(or "quarter-staff")
need I say more?
a 'bo' by another name...

Monday, March 19, 2007

MengPoNiang (o) mp [3-07]

http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1230868/
Night Falls(3-07)
PD kill April. t+CJ devastate.
desc. cremation
Atonement:ch.11-6-29-09
seq. to above
D.xtreme anger xpress.
Sanctuary(3-07)
D.seeking P&Q-church
young, blind nun-friendly,
murdered-D.slaughters killer
************
all 3 stories-extreme angst
but writing xcellent!
**********
Bad(3-08)
D's guilt-his wrong choice..
abt. A's death in "Nightfalls"
*************
Monster(6-09)
Endings(6-09)
An Aesthetic God:ch.1-6-19-09

Ippiki Ookami no Kage (o) IOK [7-02]

http://www.fanfiction.net/u/235060/
Within This Nightmare(2-07)wip(hopefully)
mainly D. pov-author has seen only a few NT,
(Sainw, adventures in T-sit, good genes)
& this epic is derived therefrom-D. feels he
is still suffering aftereffects...
has confided only in LH-
who eventually reveals all to Spl.
CJ has found 'bo' in Cent.Park.
only 5 ch. to dt, at end of which,
D. has gone missing...
n.b.author has more than 4 score fics
on the FF; this is sole T.