![]() ![]() Some stories draw on magical realism (or fabulism, or its many other names) to casually place surreal elements into the everyday, while others entirely escape this world for a more fairytale-esque retelling. ![]() Perhaps most strikingly, Oyeyemi challenges the idea that readers are entitled to certain truths or traditional logical structures of meaning within stories. All nine of her standalone short stories are tied loosely with the motifs of locks and keys and recurring characters, and each piece dazzles and dazes. ![]() To great effect, Oyeyemi explores and broaches the boundaries of traditional narrative expectations, balancing fantasy and the surreal over a precarious slope. Quoting Emily Dickinson, Helen Oyeyemi’s first short story collection, “What is Not Yours is Not Yours,” begins with the epigraph of “ open me carefully” and swiftly delves into an exquisite unravelling of storytelling and reality. ![]()
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![]() “I know you do”-he kisses me again-“and he’s lucky to have that.” “I won’t be the one who lets you lose him.” “But what if this comes back, and you lose custody of Jack over it?” I blink but the tears come anyway. “I called my lawyer, and we made a note of it.” She doesn’t know shit, and on record, you aren’t his doctor,” he says, dumping the bags and holding my hand in his face. “Zack, she came here, and she knows I’m his doctor.” “I bought the flowers before you called.” He comes to me, handing them to me, and I grab them. “You stopped,” I say, looking at the flowers, “to buy flowers while I was here pacing the floor worried she would come back.” He kicks off his shoes, and I walk to the door. I pace the hallway back and forth till he walks in, and he does it with a smile and a bouquet. ![]() I pace the hallway, waiting for him, and put Jack in front of the television to watch Paw Patrol. ![]() ![]() “I’ll be home soon, baby,” he whispers and hangs up the phone. He laughs, he fucking laughs here I am, so furious at her, so fucking pissed that she showed up and didn’t even ask for her son but was a cold bitch. ![]() ![]() ![]() You should be the Guardian Sentry of Fall. A wise old Monarch butterfly listened to her story. Still we seek answers: Who am I and what am I supposed to do? When Flutterby found no answers, she wept. Then we are thrust out into the world, like Flutterby, wondering…We try to find our fit, or to fit in. But each time, the ants, bees and butterflies assured her she was not one of them.Sound familiar? Who am I? What am I supposed to do?We get an education to prepare to be and do what we are meant to be and do. ![]() It is the story of Flutterby discovering who she was and what she was supposed to do.Flying as high as she could fly, and looking as far as she could look, Flutterby thought perhaps she was an ant, then a honeybee, then a butterfly. For, you see, Flutterby was not a common bug or butterfly, but rather a smallest of small, winged, white flying horse.I can’t tell you how many times I read Flutterby, my favorite children’s story by Stephen Cosgrove and Robin James, to my children. As her silver-blue cocoon shimmered in the starlight, she unfurled her wings and whinnied at the crystal night. In a burst of laughter and moonshine one fine and beautiful evening, Flutterby was born. ![]() ![]() MA: Many of these stories started off as sketches that I had in my files just for years and years. And I wrote most of these stories while in hibernation during the first year of the pandemic. MA: I think there is a sort of emotional sensibility connecting all of these stories, but they are quite disparate. SIMON: Do you want readers to make connections between these stories or take them in separately? LING MA: Thank you, Scott, for having me. Not what you'd expect from a figure from Himalayan folklore, now is it? "Bliss Montage" is a collection of short stories told with what's become her signature sting of wit and satire by Ling Ma, author of the highly acclaimed novel "Severance." And she joins us now. ![]() A Yeti not only comes to life but splashes on Old Spice and lights up American Spirit cigarettes. There's a recreational drug called "G" that makes people invisible, which seems fun at first, but winds up concealing other problems. ![]() ![]() A woman lives in a Los Angeles house that's stocked with 100 of her former boyfriends. You turn the pages of "Bliss Montage," Ling Ma's new book of short stories, and find the world you thought you knew shaken up and rearranged. ![]() ![]() Time stretch, pitch transpose, chord transpose with the ability to export changes. Multi-page PDF files display and synchronization. CDG files, movie karaoke.Įxternal text and chords display/edit/synchronization/merge. ![]() ![]() Supports any audio/video format supported by OS X Core Audio or QuickTime, MIDI formats 0 and 1. You can also use the library to organize your files similarly to iTunes. You can quickly make playlists of your favorite songs and play them sequentially. QMidi has an intuitive user interface, which you will be able to use immediately. It features real time pitch shifting, time stretching and the ability to display karaoke and movie content in full screen mode, even on a second monitor. CDG files, and allows easy text and chords editing/synchronization. It can organize and play many types of media files, including movies and. QMidi is the ultimate multimedia karaoke player for the Macintosh. ![]() Yes, even though you've got to pay to be able to use it, many users prefer it instead of free alternatives of the likes of LibreOffice. Even if you usually work on a Mac, you've probably forgotten all about Apple's office tools. Outlook: new features such as storing online, synchronizing lists of categories or parallel calendars.ĭespite the alternatives that pop up now and again for Microsoft's office suite, the truth is that it hardly has any competition.OneNote: the tool to create notes and synchronize them with your devices, wherever you are.PowerPoint: the tool to create slideshows comes along with new transitions, a new task panel and new animations.Excel: a new interface and more functions than in the previous 2013 edition.The design and formats have also been updated. ![]()
In addition, the Heidi Body Preset also includes a realistic skin texture, which further adds to the realism of your Sim’s appearance.įinally, this preset also comes with a custom-made set of clothing and hair, which are both designed to accentuate your Sim’s new look. This means that it will work with all of the game’s clothing and accessories, giving your Sim a realistic and proportionate look. For starters, the Heidi Body Preset includes a custom mesh that is specifically designed to be used with the Sims 4 game. This preset comes with a variety of different features that make it one of the best options available. However, if you’re looking for a preset that is both realistic and attractive, then you should definitely check out the Heidi Body Preset by Simpink. ![]() When it comes to body presets for Sims 4, there are a lot of options to choose from. Styles, Themes, clipart Gallery and the Navigator are nearly identical between OpenOffice and LibreOffice. Unfortunately, you can't get rid of that slim toolbar on the right, although you can undock it and move it out of your way. If you like less clutter, click the hard-to-see icon of three lines with a down arrow on the top right of the work space. Added to the right side of the page are multiple style- and properties-management tools. OpenOffice Writer presents the common top menus and blank page when opened, just as do Microsoft Word and LibreOffice Writer. That's a little better, but not by much for those looking for real-time collaboration or a cloud platform. ![]() LibreOffice vaulted slightly ahead in the collaboration race by offering an easy way to access Remote Files, and supporting Google Drive and SharePoint servers. ![]() Yes, that means OO is falling behind in the cloud and collaboration world. Microsoft Office didn't include any collaboration tools in 2003, and OpenOffice doesn't include any now. If you memorized keyboard shortcuts such as Alt-I-H for Insert>Hyperlink, you'll be right at home. ![]() Fans of the Static menu will be happy to see File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, Table, Tools, Window and Help across the tops of their documents again. Each application looks much like its counterpart programs in Office, at least the version of Office before the Ribbon interface created so much annoyance among users. ![]() Ultraman was the world's third top-selling licensed character in the 1980s, largely due to his popularity in Asia. In Japan, the Ultraman brand generated US$7.4 billion in merchandising revenue from 1966 to 1987, equivalent to more than $18 billion adjusted for inflation. However, the series also falls into the Kyodai Hero subgenre of tokusatsu, a subgenre it also helped popularise. The series is also one of the most well-known examples of the kaiju genre, along with Toho's Godzilla series and Daiei Film's Gamera series. Debuting with Ultra Q and then Ultraman in 1966, the series is one of the most prominent tokusatsu superhero genre productions from Japan, along with the Toei-produced series Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and the Metal Heroes. ![]() Ultraman, also known as the Ultra Series ( Japanese: ウルトラシリーズ, Hepburn: Urutora Shirīzu), is the collective name for all media produced by Tsuburaya Productions featuring Ultraman, his many brethren, and the myriad monsters. ![]() ![]() ![]() Future issues were to function in an anthology format, since there wouldn’t be any continuing characters outside of Freddy Krueger, with stories by a variety of creators. The initial two-part story was written by Steve Gerber, whose off-beat sensibilities worked very well with the property, and drawn by Tony DeZuniga. In the late 1980s, Marvel licensed the rights to do a magazine based on Nightmare on Elm Street, as part of the black and white magazine line which at the time included stuff like SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN, SAVAGE TALES, PUNISHER MAGAZINE, THE NAM MAGAZINE and the like. Today’s Bad Comic I Was Associated With wasn’t really all that bad at all–yet the series lasted only two issues. A post from my old Marvel blog about the short-lived NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET black and white magazine.Īp| 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General ![]() |