@Richard_Kadrey Prompt
The Once and Future Gigolo
Chapit Youn
Click. Taptaptaptap taptaptap. Taptaptaptap taptaptapp µëæΩ∩.
Ding
“Hey, hi. How…”
“Qo’ reH jIHvaD contact jatlhqa’ pagh pIHoH jIH!”
DingDing
“OK. Be that way.”
Click. Taptaptaptap taptaptap. Taptaptaptap taptaptapp øǧBH99.
Ding
“Hey, hi. It’s…”
”
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DingDing
“Damn.”
Click. Taptaptaptap taptaptap. Taptaptaptap taptaptapp 8675309.
“Hey…”
“DingDing
“Huh? Damn Damn Damn!”
Click. Taptaptaptap taptaptap. Taptaptaptap taptaptapp MÓOÞNŒG±O.
Ding
“Hey, hi. It’s me. How…”
“Do not EVER contact me again, or I will kill you.”
“But…but, Dale…I…”
“Don’t you “but Dale” me, Jackson. Flash and I have…had…have an open relationship, but you took it way too far, like you always do.”
“But…but…”
“Yeah, first emptying his credit account and then telling Flash about our weekend at Ganymede’s Pleasure Dome-and in such detail-dumb move. Really dumb.”
“Dale, please…”
“NO! Enough. I don’t care how drunk you were, or hopped up, or whatever. I’ve had enough of ‘Supernova’ Jackson. And…I’m not the only one. You can’t diddle around the dome and not hear what’s going down. Everyone knows. Grok that?”
“Oh.”
“Yes. ‘Oh.’ Done. I’m done!”
DingDingAPOZZ↓¥MÜ
The last image he had of Dale signing off was her hand slamming down on her own panel. Jackson’s screen blanked out, followed immediately by a harsh electrical rip that flashed across the screen, frying the control panel.
“Damn,” he said, his chin hitting his chest as his eyelids closed, gritted shut.
Jackson was on his back, sometimes a favorite position but not this time. He had spent the last cycle replacing his control panel and was on the finishing touches. One touch almost finished him.
“哎他妈的!!!”
Self-soothing his index finger in his mouth, Jackson pulled himself out from under the console. He levered himself into his chair and pressed the mauve button.
Nothing happened.
Pressing it again had the same effect. And again. Banging the panel with both fists and kicking it from his sitting position yielding the same results. Deflated, he laid his head down, feeling the coolness of the Ti-Strength plas pressing against his forehead.
The control panel clicked on.
“OK D.R. Let’s take this home.”
“Of course, Supernova. Sit back and relax, and leave the interplanetary thrust to me.”
“Thanks, D.R.”
Jackson settled back, letting the chair’s field envelop him while his ship cycled through it’s various G’s to take him where’s he’s gone before in one piece. It gave him time to think of what has been going on lately. Dale’s dust off hurt the most. They’d been off and on for a long time, suiting both their needs as needs arose. The others…yeah, the others. He shrugged.
But Dale…
He subvocalized to D.R. to pump him with Traz to get him into a REM sleep. Best way to let the light years slip by. His mind fought the drug at first, racing through the faces of so many of his…of his..of…og hoz…
Supernova Jackson doesn’t snore.
At least, no one has ever accused him of that. Other things, but not snoring.
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Author’s Note:
I get a kick out of prompts. Right now, creatively, I need these jumping off points. That’s what you’re seeing here on Tale Spinning. I have a few projects of my own I’m procrastinating with that I hope I’ll finish and try to do something with them. We’ll see.
The above pic is one of them, created by Author Richard Kadrey. He has been posting, on Twitter, reworked/photoshopped covers of old pulp(ish) novels, changing them to show off his brand of humor. I just thought it’d be fun to write a few things from Mr. Kadrey’s posting: so, yes, this is my writing, not Mr. Kadrey’s.
BTW: The first three answers Jackson got to his commcalls are actual SciFi languages. There’s no prize, except for the privilege of being right; I’d love to see if anyone can get all three. Go for it.
Richard Kadrey is a writer, photographer, comic book writer, and an all-around interesting guy. His fiction straddles the Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Cyberpunk worlds, and he’s pretty darn good with it all. I fell in love with his writing starting with his first Sandman Slim novels. Gritty, sometimes violent, often full of whimsey, worth reading. He’s not just another pretty face.
You can check out more fun covers by following him on Twitter @Richard_Kadrey.
To get into his body of work, visit him at his website: Richard Kadrey
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I thought I was stuck in TheDonald’s press conference!
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Never on my page!! Supernova has a little bit of depth.
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Not sure why, but this long time SF reader thought this was hysterically funny. I don’t mess with those manufactured languages. I’m more into dystopian stories nowadays, anyway. It’s the times we live in.
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I’m glad you found this funny. That was the intent. The languages I chose are all thought out languages from SciFi fiction and TV. I’ve always admired the ones that not only world build, but continue it into the language. A Clockwork Orange would not have worked, imo, if Burgess just used modern language and slang.
As to Dystopian stories: I’m actually really tired of them. I’ve read to many, and the bleakness just wearies me.
This is why there is such a breadth of material to choose from. To each their own tastes.
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