10th June 1996 (Monday)
Ricky Stirling (POV)
“So, that woman, see her? The one with the white hat. Notice her arms. She’s hugging herself, and shivering at the same time. Now, notice exhibit A, her fur coat, which proves that she was shivering not...
2023-11-27 18:55:43 +0000 UTC View Post9th June 1996 (Sunday)
Ricky Stirling (POV)
Today.
Today’s the day. It’s finally here. A test screening at 6 in the evening in Sherwood Cinema, a massive multiplex.
Sherwood was built by a friend of my Dad’s and when it wa...
2023-11-26 16:40:50 +0000 UTC View Post30th May, 1996 (Thursday)
Ricky Stirling (POV)
“Janice?”
“Janice, it's me! I’m sorry Jan, I’m-I am sorry Jan, I panicked and just…” I rambled in my drunken haze, as I moved around the dark living room with my ...
2023-11-25 19:20:51 +0000 UTC View Post28th May, 1996 (Tuesday)
Ricky Stirling (POV)
“All right, thanks a lot Dr., with that cut, your scenes have officially concluded. Brilliant performance I must say. I mean that last look of hesitance on your face, before exiting the room...
2023-11-24 20:01:06 +0000 UTC View Post18th May, 1996 (Saturday)
Ricky Stirling (POV)
I glance down at my wristwatch, to see…
10:57
Sigh, any minute now. They’ll walk through the door hand in hand any damn minute now.
To distract myself I start spammi...
2023-11-24 14:22:44 +0000 UTC View Post18th May, 1996 (Saturday)
Ambrose Stirling (POV)
KNOCK-KNOCK
“COME IN!” I called out.
And in he came, my boy… all grown up. Wearing a suit of all things.
Damn it.
For context, whenever he wants to di...
2023-11-24 05:23:27 +0000 UTC View PostMC (POV)
“OUT OF ORDER? I’LL SHOW YOU OUT OF ORDER!” He reacts passionately, as he proceeds to stand up from his chair.
His face masked with fury and indignation as he held up his walking stick above the desk. “You don’t know w2hat outta order is, Mr. ...
MC (POV)
THUMP – THUMP – THUMP
What the...
Who is crazy enough to break their wrists against the door when there is a perfectly good doorbell?
“RICKY! OPEN UP! IT’S ME!
Ah of course, Missy.
“COMING!” I yell back as I hastily put on a shir...
2023-11-07 04:32:14 +0000 UTC View PostAmbrose Stirling (POV)
…
"So…"
"Hn?"
"It's good."
All I got was a deadpan from my son.
"Good? Really? That's all you have to say? You are Ambrose Stirling; you've produced over 30 feature length films… and 'good' is all you have to say?" He narrowed...
MC (POV)
"-creation of the three-strip Technicolor camera provided a momentous boost to the films in 1930s. This era that continued till the 50s was defined by the three-strip Technicolor. Technicolor could now offer studios a full range of colors as opposed to the red-green spectrum o...
Ambrose Stirling (POV)
“We have received confirmation from Dildon regarding the post production of ‘Fixer Upper’. He’ll finish it in time to submit the final version to ‘Toronto’. Now, Stephanie here,” Higgs pointed at a brunette sitting at other end of the conference room, ...
2023-09-06 13:27:36 +0000 UTC View PostElizabeth Daley (POV)
I love my job. Really. No matter how many times I have yelled at the Almighty about how much I hate it, I don’t.
But there are some instances where, being in charge of some of the buffoons we’ve got here, it gets tiring after a while.
Not that it’s be...
2023-09-04 04:29:15 +0000 UTC View PostMC (POV)
The Cadillac came to a smooth halt outside the office building.
"We are here Mr. Stirling." The driver said, turning around to the backseat where I was reading a brochure.
I looked up at him, "Please, call me Ricky. Mr. Stirling is my dad." The words came out of my mout...
2023-09-03 14:47:16 +0000 UTC View PostWyatt Harrington (POV)
THUNK – THUNK!
The dull, heavy sound had been playing out for several minutes now. It seemed to be coming from the Astro Turf.
Sigh, now what new spectacle is little Richmond the cause of? Perhaps, it’s something harmless, such as going back to his roo...
2023-09-03 14:46:05 +0000 UTC View Post8:47
I cast a quick look at the rustic Grandfather Clock, before seating myself at the coffee table. It was Sunday morning and neither me nor my father were in any rush today.
“Morning kiddo.” Dad seemed to be overtly cheerful today.
“Good morning, and please, please, don...
2023-08-31 13:41:38 +0000 UTC View PostMC (POV)
Sigh, what time is it yet? I ponder at my question, before I pick my head off the desk and turn my wrist to glance at the wristwatch on my left wrist.
3:18
‘Fucking hell’. I curse in the confines of my mind. Time truly is a bitch you know? It flies by super-fast whe...
2023-08-31 13:40:00 +0000 UTC View PostMC (POV)
What is the ultimate meaning of life? Is it to continue and evolve endlessly in a hopeless quest of survival through selective reproduction? Is it perhaps, to maximize happiness and minimize suffering of oneself and others? Or, maybe, life doesn’t have a predetermined purpose. An...
2023-08-31 07:24:07 +0000 UTC View Post