http://dreamofanotherworld.com The Dreams of Randall Bennett Chertkow Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:19:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You can follow this blog on twitter at twitter.com/DreamOfAWorld. Separately, my personal twitter account is twitter.com/randycon and my personal blog is randycon.org if you want to know what's up and new. Oh, and more stories are coming. A torrent. A whirlwind. But I can't release them before their time. That time will ... http://dreamofanotherworld.com/2009/08/23/twitter-account/ I've spent the last months working on the book that I just released from St. Martin's Press, the Indie Band Survival Guide and the European version, the DIY Music Manual from eBury/Random House. Writing all of that non-fiction only gave me more ideas on fiction, but I haven't had time ... http://dreamofanotherworld.com/2008/09/29/still-alive/ I had a story published at the site 365 Tomorrows called Take Me to Your Leader. Enjoy. http://dreamofanotherworld.com/2008/03/22/published-story/ Darkness, and then a white background. A place as empty as it is full. "Is this the end?" He asked. The answer came, from nowehere and everywhere. "It's an ending. And the start of something new. But if you still have care of the world from which you came, know that you ... http://dreamofanotherworld.com/2008/03/04/a-goodbye/ As I was walking through the park, the boy looked up at me, and there was something in his eyes. He had unruly blond hair and wore a cartoon T-shirt that stuck partway out of his jeans. He looked to be about eleven, maybe twelve years old. The age that marks ... http://dreamofanotherworld.com/2008/02/19/the-old-soul/ "Spinning, down from the heights came the wanderer. Final worth not smiling, but on a blue couch," the animatronic Wombat pontificated to the confused tourists. "What's wrong with this thing?" asked one woman, as her terrified little girl clung to her yellow, flowered dress. "It's scaring my daughter." The tour guide ... http://dreamofanotherworld.com/2008/02/13/orlando/ I sighed as I got to the bottom of the story that I was writing. “THE END.” I typed, and rubbed my eyes, then wiped my sweaty forehead. I scrolled to the top of the document in my wordprocessor, and started to re-read again from the beginning: “In all of the ... http://dreamofanotherworld.com/2008/02/05/saving-a-story/ "Hey, I've had a great time, but I've got to go now. I'm late for an appointment. But it was really great meeting you guys." I went the wrong direction for the closet, but found it on the other side of the door and got my coat. I had only met ... http://dreamofanotherworld.com/2008/01/29/the-quest/ Voice 1: “Is the subject ready?” Voice 2: “Nearly so.” Voice 1: “Do not speak during the interrogation such as the last one. Not unless something goes wrong. You are not trained in this.” Voice 2: “Yes, yes I understand.” Voice 1: “I mean this. You ruined a particularly fascinating--.” Voice 2: “I said that ... http://dreamofanotherworld.com/2007/08/18/the-forensics-of-civilization/ There's an infinity of worlds that are as close to you as your breath, and they are all born from "What if?" Do you remember being a child, where you would travel to these places as if they were real, and play inside them? I saw no reason to stop ... http://dreamofanotherworld.com/2007/08/17/what-if/