169: Carla

[Raja Doake]

Carla

"The audience was still chanting, and hearing the name of one of the first songs he'd written resonate throughout the stadium put Will in a kind of nostalgic trance. Before long, he found himself loosely strumming a cover tune he'd learned before writing 'Carla.' It was an old favorite of his, with a simple but compelling hook - one of the most common and popular descending chord progressions imaginable. Cliché, but so infectious you didn't care."

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[phooks]

Great. I love it.

I am confused as to why I'm reading this in a gaming website though... Perhaps this story was fashioned from Rajas guitar hero days?

Impeccable taste and style in this article as always guys. Keep it up!

 

[Eagle Est1986]

Great piece of short fiction. I do love the ficiton weeks on The Escapist, there really aren't enough of them!

 

[Ajar]

Oops, I should have mentioned my forum handle in the pitch. My mistake. (I'm the author.)

Anyway, I'm really glad you guys liked it. Funny tidbit: since Painted On My Heart is a real song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Vu-EeYq_w], the earliest the story could take place is 2018.

 

[stompy]

... This week's article line-up is awesome! Excellent short story. It may not be gaming-related, it was still excellent. Thank you.

 

[Smokescreen]

I'm with phooks here; good story, just felt a little out of place thematically.

 

[Mr. Bubbles]

Nice story.

 

[Jonathan Hexley]

That was a great story. I loved it. I normally don't read these bits actually, but it was about Rock, so I thought, 'Why not?'
Although, I am a bit of a muppet. I didn't know that Psychotherapy were fictional, and I searched Wikipedia to try and find them! Ha ha.

Either way, great work on the story.

 

[Melaisis]

As expected, I really liked it, although the connection between it and a gaming theme is a little... er... vague? Regardless, it was still really good.

 

[Aptspire]

Being a big music fan (and an amateur lyrics writer/guitarist) it really got to me