Formatting fingers crossed...

[halimede.livejournal.com]

Not sure if it's in two scenes, but I can confirm they are at least five years apart.



Fraser drops an egg into boiling water, turns the hourglass and watches time narrow to a point.


Once upon a time it

seemed as if there

were many roads

he could take

but somehow

he did

not

}{

now

he's a

mountie,

there is no

other thing to

be anymore, or at

least there was not-

u

n

t

i

l

Ray,

the Y in his name like a fork in the road, strangely symbolic of the crossroads he's at now. If he takes this new path, will he be

|

/\

b--or--l

u

/\/\/\o

r/\/\/\v

n/\/\/\e

e/\/\/\d

d/\/\/\.

Comments

[halimede.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I think with this sort of shaped fic, you do or you don't like them. But as soon as I read the challenge I started wondering about hourglass-shaped fic. So here it is. :)

[laurakaye.livejournal.com]

Hey, concrete flashfic. Neat!

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

I admire your brains and creativity -- this is unique and fascinating. I particularly like the phrase:
the Y in his name like a fork in the road, strangely symbolic of the crossroads he's at now.
because of how you use it visually as well as conceptually, just like the story in total. Really, really clever.

[halimede.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm happy with the way it worked out as well. If I hadn't been able to tie the shape into the meaning and vice-versa it would have been really gimmicky. As it stands, I think it has some redeeming qualities beyond, 'ooh! hourglass-shaped!'. ;)

[dolimir-k.livejournal.com]

Very creative! I like it!

[dracostella.livejournal.com]

Wooooooooooo, very very nice!

Fraser drops an egg into boiling water, turns the hourglass and watches time narrow to a point.

Lovely words too!

[halimede.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I wrote that first line last of all, as it happens. Funny, because I thought the heavily formatted-thing wouldn't lend itself to scene-setting or domestic details at all, but then it did. :)

[rowanfairchild.livejournal.com]

Very cool idea. And so like Fraser to actually use an hourglass to time an egg. :-)
-R