vrijdag, november 14

Tag: Kort verhaal

Vertelling: Het onderscheid – Guido Eekhaut
Actueel, Vertellingen

Vertelling: Het onderscheid – Guido Eekhaut

Door Guido EekhautHet treinstel werd nog in die andere eeuw gebouwd maar is goed onderhouden, zodat het mij, als reiziger, aan niets ontbreekt, zeker niet aan een ietwat knagend gevoel van onverdiende luxe. De banken zijn bedekt met aangenaam zacht velours, er hangen gordijnen voor de ramen die effectief het harde zonlicht weren, het ruikt er ook fris. Kunstmatig, maar fris. Het gaat niet om de lengte van de reis, wel om de kwaliteit ervan. Daarom betaalt mijn werkgever, het Ministerie van Immigratie, dan ook een ticket eerste klasse. Het plebs dat in de andere wagons meereist, doet het met een minimum aan voorzieningen. Er is onderscheid, zo hoort dat nu eenmaal. Ik reis ook niet voor mijn plezier, maar omdat ik een verantwoordelijke taak heb, in het belang van het collectief. Dat sch...
Vertelling: De afwijking – Guido Eekhaut
Actueel, Vertellingen

Vertelling: De afwijking – Guido Eekhaut

Door Guido EekhautHij zit aan het ronde tafeltje naast het mijne, onder het waakzame oog van de zwartgerokte ober die — vanwege zijn uitrusting en houding — aangeeft dat dit een burgerlijk café is en dat een cappuccino er vijf euro kost, en niet drie zoals elders. De man aan het tafeltje naast mij ziet er duidelijk uit alsof hij vijf euro kan spenderen aan een van melkschuim voorziene koffie, en daarom is de ober niet in het minst gealarmeerd. Ook omdat de klant een blanke man uit het noorden is, een beschaafd persoon in een net donkerblauw pak met een wit hemd en een grijsrode das. Er is niets aan deze bezoeker dat hem niet associeert met het soort cliënteel wat hier doorgaans op het terras plaatsneemt, om drie uur in de namiddag. Behalve dan de twee netjes symmetrische, korte ho...
Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Sharing
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Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Sharing

"Am I the woman in this picture? Yes, I am!" Article in English (top) and in Dutch (scroll down).Karen van den Andel tells us: “During one early evening when I was a hell of a lot younger and fitter, it was snowing heavily. I had just bought this vintage lace dress for a stint with Vampire: The Masquerade, added some simple accessories and had built my whole character around it. She was attacked by a vampire on her wedding night, her husband had been killed and she was turned. For over a hundred years she wandered around in her wedding dress hoping he would recognize her and come back to her.I had just fitted the outfit for my best friend, a gifted amateur photographer and we got the silly idea to do a shoot outside my apartment building in the dark and in the fresh snow. More eas...
Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Slow as glaciers
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Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Slow as glaciers

"I started out loving science fiction before I could read the novels." Article in English (top) and in Dutch (scroll down).Tais Teng contributed a story ánd artwork for our new magazine. He tells us why: “I started out loving science fiction before I could read the novels. There wasn’t much Dutch science fiction, only some translated Asimov and Bradbury but there was an enormous secondhand bookstore in my city with a whole wall filled with American science fiction. Talking about Aladdin’s treasure cave…I used to gaze at the covers, filled with a pure yearning wonder and had to make up my own stories about them.When I turned twelve I couldn’t stand it anymore. I bought one with a spaceship on the cover: Defiance by Kenneth Bulmer. As you can see it had all a boy of twelve n...
Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – The florist’s shop
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Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – The florist’s shop

"One evening, I was on the balcony with Harlan, and he pointed at the moon overhead. It’s strange how we all got used so quickly to its new appearance, with green and brown areas." Article in English (top) and in Dutch (scroll down).“Do I write science fiction? Fantasy? Horror? Magic realism? Social satire? Surrealism? Well yes, and no. Actually what I do is pick from each genre the elements I can use and turn them into something uniquely mine. My late friend Eddy C. Bertin used to say that my work is a blend of genres, all in constant cross-pollination. I like that description. I even coined a name for that unique style of mine: frankrogerism. My story “The Florist’s Shop” is a case in point. It starts out as a science fiction story, with strange events unfolding on the moon. But th...
Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Eudaimonia
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Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Eudaimonia

"Satisfaction, the realization by mankind of its logical place in the natural cycle, eudaimonia." Article in English (top) and in Dutch (scroll down).Mike Jansen tells us about his story: “The term 'eudaimonia' derives from Greek and translates as 'in good spirit' in the sense of 'being ok with something'. The story was written for a contest in 2016 called 'De mens in 2050' (humanity in 2050). In it I've tried to combine an extrapolation of current research into stem cell techniques, gene-editing, terraforming, genetic drift and many more areas into a tale of two friends who each in their own way try to achieve their ultimate potential, either through self modification (in line with the transhumanist ideals) or (eu)genetic optimization for future generations. It is their relation, fr...
Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Cuddles
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Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Cuddles

"The colored lights above the bathtub blinked in an increasingly fast rhythm, matching the rhythm of the two naked bodies in the bathtub, hypnotizing me."Article in English (top) and in Dutch (scroll down).“Cuddles is a horror story and the joke is: I don't like horror stories at all! They contain too much blood for me or are too intense. So why have I written a horror story? That is how it turned out. This story is based on a nightmare I once had (the bath with lights comes straight out of it) and it stuck with me. I knew I had to turn it into a story one day, where I could write down those gruesome details. The story is less gruesome than the dream, but the dream ended well. You can discover for yourself whether the story has a happy ending or not.”Sigrid Lensink-Dame...
Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Deià Tuislan
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Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Deià Tuislan

"The water around us was cerulean, with twinkling sunbeams interspersing the waves." Article in English (top) and in Dutch (scroll down).Marieke Frankema is best compared to a spider in a web, weaving all the different aspects of her life together. She writes, sings, acts, dances, teaches, is a voice actor and a mother and wife. Her passion lies in telling stories, on paper as well as on stage, where she brings characters to life. She is the author of seventeen books, covering the genres fantasy, romance, personal development and children’s books. Her mission is to bring beauty to the world. The little sparks of magic that can be found in our daily lives, get a spotlight in her work, so that the world becomes just that bit more radiant to everyone enjoying her stories, plays and book...
Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Floating cows
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Sneak peak in FZ Continuum – Floating cows

"Outside hardly any light is left, except for the stars. Further down in the meadows the cows float above he landscape." Article in English (top) and in Dutch (scroll down)This quote should be familiar as we already presented it in the run-up to the cover reveal of our new glossy, FZ Continuum.Guido Eekhaut, who lives and works in Belgium, published over fifty books and over one hundred short stories in a vast range of genres, like crime, weird, speculative fiction and fantasy. He was awarded the Hercule Poirot Award for the short story Absinthe and was nominated twice for the Dutch crime award Gouden Strop. His books and stories are also translated into English, German, Spanish and Polish.Guido about floating cows: “Do cows float? There is a version of reality in which they ...
Vertelling: Niemandsland – Thomas Nolet
Actueel, Vertellingen

Vertelling: Niemandsland – Thomas Nolet

Door Thomas Nolet Nobody, nobody told me, What nobody, nobody knows Uit: Under the rose, the song of the wanderer Walter de la Mare Dit is de plek waar je verdwenen bent. Op de grens tussen de heide en het bos. Het pad loopt een duistere tunnel in van overhangende boomtakken. 'De werelden van de mensen en de elfen raken elkaar op grenspunten,' zei je vaak. 'Waar iets overgaat in iets anders: bij bosranden en kustlijnen, op bruggen en kruispunten, in de schemering, tijdens de equinoxen en de seizoenswisselingen.' Ik herinner me niet veel van je verdwijning, iets wat de politie en onze ouders nog steeds niet geloven. Je wilde je sceptische grote stiefbroer laten zien dat je echt in contact stond met de Elfen. Ik speelde het spelletje mee, want ik had zin om te kamperen in de wilderni...

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