Comments on: The Things in the Box http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fiction/the-things-in-the-box/ From Modern Mythcraft to Magical Surrealism Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fantasy Magazine » Best Fantasy Story Of 2008 Poll And Contest http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fiction/the-things-in-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-9433 Fantasy Magazine » Best Fantasy Story Of 2008 Poll And Contest Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:26:09 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=853#comment-9433 [...] Cheney Penguin and Wren by Christie Skipper Ritchotte Gods of the Spiderhole by J. M. McDermott The Things In the Box by Ursula Pflug Original Gangster by Jim Hines A Foreigner’s View of the River by A. M. Muffaz [...] [...] Cheney Penguin and Wren by Christie Skipper Ritchotte Gods of the Spiderhole by J. M. McDermott The Things In the Box by Ursula Pflug Original Gangster by Jim Hines A Foreigner’s View of the River by A. M. Muffaz [...]

]]> By: Ursula Pflug http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fiction/the-things-in-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-9347 Ursula Pflug Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:42:24 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=853#comment-9347 Thanks for your comments, folks.I was especially intriqued by Sue's. Re: Isn’t what you do with your time your soul, after all? That metaphor wasn't created intentionally. I often remind my students that our subnconscious mind is particularly good at churning up apt metaphors that we as writers may not even notice till later. So thanks for pointing that out! Thanks for your comments, folks.I was especially intriqued by Sue’s.

Re: Isn’t what you do with your time your soul, after all?

That metaphor wasn’t created intentionally. I often remind my students that our subnconscious mind is particularly good at churning up apt metaphors that we as writers may not even notice till later.

So thanks for pointing that out!

]]> By: mohammad http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fiction/the-things-in-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-9279 mohammad Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:35:57 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=853#comment-9279 it is perfect just as it is it is perfect just as it is

]]> By: Sue Real http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fiction/the-things-in-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-9262 Sue Real Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:21:20 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=853#comment-9262 Mysticism found in old cast-off possessions, objective to subjective, and then back again. Isn't what you do with your time your soul, after all? Mysticism found in old cast-off possessions, objective to subjective, and then back again. Isn’t what you do with your time your soul, after all?

]]> By: Sharon Hamilton http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fiction/the-things-in-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-9250 Sharon Hamilton Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:51:37 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=853#comment-9250 Love the seeing energetic realities...the shapeshifting....and following through on that thread. Very cool Love the seeing energetic realities…the shapeshifting….and following through on that thread. Very cool

]]> By: Krow Fischer http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fiction/the-things-in-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-9218 Krow Fischer Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:38:47 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=853#comment-9218 Loved the slipping through realities, the use of objects and the life metaphors woven throughout this story. Like one of those paintings where you see it one way and then suddenly see a whole other painting, pictures made up of pictures. Loved the slipping through realities, the use of objects and the life metaphors woven throughout this story. Like one of those paintings where you see it one way and then suddenly see a whole other painting, pictures made up of pictures.

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