Random Targets/Practicing What I Preach

So, the explanation for the numbers. Pretty soon, Black Gate Blog will be hosting the fourth installment of my Fantasyscapes blog series, concerning Dark Worlds and Mirror Universes, and one thing I find myself doing with each of these posts is exhorting any writers who might be reading to think more about these places, put them into stories and make them pop.

It's time for me to be the change I want to see.

I have four articles, each with Swamps, The Road, Wastelands, and Dark Worlds. I also keep a stock of images that I pick up on the internet that I think might be cool to turn into stories, and most of them are even SFW. I asked people here on LJ to give me numbers that I counted down in the Story Seeds file, and people on Facebook to choose from my Character Seeds file. Each one in order of when it was recieved, matching Story Seed, Character Seed and Fantasyscape in the order that the Fantasyscapes came out. Then I am going to make stories out of them. Probably in the short, short range. If I am very fortunate.

This is what I got (images under the cut, Safe for Work)

A benefit poster for the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. This is a good time to mention that I don't intend to take these images literally. I do not have the right skillset for making topical stories. (Chosen by

rowanda380 )

Motorized Skateboard kid (I probably found this image on BoingBoing). (Chosen by

divideby0 , who probably would have chosen it even if he knew what he was choosing.)

2. At the Crossroads

Okay, there's nothing to say about this one. One of my favorite images ever. (Chosen by

mydwynter ).

Fashion designer Johnny Weir and friends. Yeah. This is going to be interesting. As a note, fashion shoots often come up with some pretty striking images. Those photographers know their stuff. (Chosen by

darkpaisley )

3. The Wasteland