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><channel><title>Damn Short Stories</title> <atom:link href="http://www.damnshortstories.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.damnshortstories.com</link> <description>Short Stories About Almost Anything</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:20:21 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=</generator> <item><title>Insight or Something Less</title><link>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2012/04/25/insight-or-something-less/</link> <comments>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2012/04/25/insight-or-something-less/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:20:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jason Ward</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Average Length Short Stories]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.damnshortstories.com/?p=314</guid> <description><![CDATA[This isn&#8217;t all that short, much less &#8220;Damn Short,&#8221; but seeing as I&#8217;ve been neglecting this site for just over a year now, it&#8217;s high time I went ahead and put something up. This story was inspired by a scenario last year, when I was fortunate enough to be interviewed for a possible student position [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2012/04/25/insight-or-something-less/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Codey Cooksie and the Cookie Vampire</title><link>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2011/04/19/codey-cooksie-and-the-cookie-vampire/</link> <comments>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2011/04/19/codey-cooksie-and-the-cookie-vampire/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:39:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jason Ward</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Damn Short Stories]]></category> <category><![CDATA[First date]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kids]]></category> <category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.damnshortstories.com/2011/04/19/codey-cooksie-and-the-cookie-vampire/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Codey Cooksie was hungry. He marched with determination down the street, clutching a wad of worn-out one dollar bills. He imagined the tasty things he would soon eat at the street fair. Candy apples and fluffy spun sugar to start, with a healthy scoop of rocky road for a fine finish. Codey was so enraptured [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2011/04/19/codey-cooksie-and-the-cookie-vampire/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Arties</title><link>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2011/03/08/arties/</link> <comments>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2011/03/08/arties/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:24:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jason Ward</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Damn Short Stories]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[future]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sci-fi]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.damnshortstories.com/?p=306</guid> <description><![CDATA[And maybe that was the problem. The Arties were so good at making us feel our favorite things that we forgot how to make those feelings for ourselves. They didn't care about money--they were happy to work for free as long as they could create and had a place to recharge. And hell—they did a bang-up job of it anyway, so I guess we all figured, why not let 'em work, and  enjoy the payoff? ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2011/03/08/arties/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rolled</title><link>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2010/11/04/rolled/</link> <comments>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2010/11/04/rolled/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:27:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jason Ward</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Too Damn Short Stories]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.damnshortstories.com/?p=301</guid> <description><![CDATA[This semester at school I&#8217;m an officer in the English club, and one of the fun activities we&#8217;ve been doing is called &#8220;Sudden Fiction.&#8221; I&#8217;d never heard of it before, but apparently it&#8217;s popular in certain circles. In any case, the way it works is that our advisor chooses a picture, usually a panel from [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2010/11/04/rolled/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Neglected Story Blog: My Sin</title><link>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2010/07/21/neglected-story-blog-my-sin/</link> <comments>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2010/07/21/neglected-story-blog-my-sin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:08:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jason Ward</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bad Blogging]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.damnshortstories.com/?p=298</guid> <description><![CDATA[Obviously, I haven&#8217;t put in as much time and effort the past several months as DSS&#8211;to say nothing of my passion for stories&#8211;deserves. The reason is simple: last year (Fall 2009) I started back to college, and in classic form I&#8217;ve made it a point to inundate myself with coursework. Last semester (Spring 2010) was [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2010/07/21/neglected-story-blog-my-sin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Contest Entry: Into a New Year</title><link>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/29/contest-entry-into-a-new-year/</link> <comments>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/29/contest-entry-into-a-new-year/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:28:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jason Ward</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bad Blogging]]></category> <category><![CDATA[contests]]></category> <category><![CDATA[damn short stories]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sci-fi]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.damnshortstories.com/?p=295</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve entered one of my slightly longer Damn Short Stories into a contest at BookRix, a site for aspiring writers who are looking for some exposure. If you have a sec, head on over and check it out!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/29/contest-entry-into-a-new-year/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Something different: A Question of Culture</title><link>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/23/something-different-a-question-of-culture/</link> <comments>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/23/something-different-a-question-of-culture/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:33:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jason Ward</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Average Length Short Stories]]></category> <category><![CDATA[culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Love]]></category> <category><![CDATA[racism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[school]]></category> <category><![CDATA[screenwriting]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.damnshortstories.com/?p=291</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, in my college pursuits, one of my classes is Introduction to Screenwriting. As an exercise in this class, I was assigned the task of writing a short scene in which two people at a cafe have some kind of expositional dialog. At the same time, while preparing for Diversity Day, which was sponsored by the student government (I'm a member,) I learned that there was a need for some skits to be written highlighting the issue of racism.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/23/something-different-a-question-of-culture/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>One Last Christmas</title><link>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/04/one-last-christmas/</link> <comments>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/04/one-last-christmas/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:00:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jason Ward</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Damn Short Stories]]></category> <category><![CDATA[damn short stories]]></category> <category><![CDATA[death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sorrow]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.damnshortstories.com/?p=284</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is a very, very, short story I wrote as an exercise in writing a scene specifically intended to capture a mood. That scene was assigned in my Screenwriting class last week and I actually wrote it in about 15 minutes the hour before it was due in class. To my surprise, the teacher was very impressed with it, and said he really liked it because "It's a complete story. Excellent work!" Suffice to say, I was shocked, and read it again. Sure enough...it is a complete story. Somehow. I'll let you be the judge of whether it's actually any good at capturing a mood or not!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/04/one-last-christmas/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Joss Whedon&#8217;s top 10 Writing tips</title><link>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/02/joss-whedons-top-10-writing-tips/</link> <comments>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/02/joss-whedons-top-10-writing-tips/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:42:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jason Ward</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bad Blogging]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joss Whedon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[screenwriting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[writing tips]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.damnshortstories.com/?p=281</guid> <description><![CDATA[I've been perusing various sites and forums online looking for advice on how to write well for the screen. Suffice to say, I've found a lot of good advice, but none I've taken to heart so readily as this nugget of platinum from one of my favorite screenwriters, Joss Whedon (gold is too cheap and commonplace for Mr. Whedon's level of talent, imho).
]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/02/joss-whedons-top-10-writing-tips/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Welcome to the new face of the Damned (short story)</title><link>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/02/welcome-to-the-new-face-of-the-damned-short-story/</link> <comments>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/02/welcome-to-the-new-face-of-the-damned-short-story/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:13:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jason Ward</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bad Blogging]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Site Maintenance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[site news]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.damnshortstories.com/?p=277</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you've been checking up on DSS throughout the year you'll know that I haven't put in nearly the time that I was earlier on, but that's all going to change now. Some big changes have happened in my life, and so I'm very happy to say that I've got a lot more motivation and idea generating energy right now. Among these changes are that I've finally decided to go back to school and pursue my degree and dream of working professionally as a writer.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.damnshortstories.com/2009/11/02/welcome-to-the-new-face-of-the-damned-short-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
