Aimée, Casket Girls Saga Begins on “Flash Suite” Finalists Listing

Yes, it has begun, the first of the five mini-stories that make up “Casket Suite” (see December 2; November 24, 8), my entry in Defenestrationism.net’s “Flash Suite” competition, can now be seen. One of seven finalists, a new story portion will be added each day from now through Tuesday, December 14th. Thus you may wait until the final date for the full impact, when one will find the parts listed one after the other to read the entire Suite; or you can indulge now with the first as a sort of amuse-bouche, to be followed by four more delicious courses, but just one per day, to complete the feast.

The courses themselves, then, with their separate titles (as quoted from November 8’s post): “The Flavor of the Jest,” an alternate “origin” story of Aimée and the others’ original 1728 coming to the New World from France; “A Surfeit of Poe,” a mid-1850s placing of les filles in their literary context, as led by the “poetic” casket girl, Yvonne; “Reflections,” in which we meet glamor-casket girl Lo in a musing on vampiric superstitions, and which ones are wrong; “Shades of Difference,” also not anchored to a specific time, the shortest tale depicting an amusing conversation on the color red; and “What’s In a Name?” with Aimée again, and relations with humans both there and in France. And make no mistake, “Casket Suite” is about food.

That is, cuisine of course for those with a specialized preference in diet, and based on an actual New Orleanian urban legend. But see for yourself, by pressing here. And remember, too, that there will be a chance in January to vote for your favorite of all seven suites, more information on which will be reported here.