stories! stories!

[kassidy62]

It's that time of year again, and I almost wish it'd happen more than once a year so I'd get more gift stories (is greedy). This year my lovely tipitiwitchet wrote me a story based on the Salem's Lot miniseries from 1979, with David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin and Bonnie Bedelia. God, I loved that miniseries (and David Soul, always, naturally).

The story is called "Taking the Yoke," and is as bleak as I have come to expect from my dark-hearted C:) I really loved it - it retains this whole stripped, lonely view of the characters from the end of the movie, and even the cadence of the one person they speak to, on the side of the vampires, sounds right - a bit old-world, like Straker himself.

The prompt I gave her (a bit of a run-on, yo): Salem's Lot the movie - after it's over, and Ben's killed Susan the vampire, and Ben and Mark are running - what might happen, how will Ben deal with/save Mark when vampires grab Mark and use him for bait to get Ben to come to them?

This also gives me the opportunity to post a couple of caps from the movie I'd made years ago - (oh, DAVID):

Mark and Ben

I wrote a story for C, also based on a 1970s miniseries (who knew - we think alike), The Dark Secret of Harvest Home, which is based on Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon. It's called "If Mine Eyes Offend Thee." Happy Holidays!

Comments

[duluthgirl.livejournal.com]

Okay, I will have to read both these stories when I'm a little less busy, but those pictures of DS are beyond gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! His little blond stubble and shiny eyes. Merry Christmas to me!!!

Are these near the end of the movie? I haven't watched it in forever, but would love to draw something from this scene.

[kassidy62.livejournal.com]

they are indeed at the end of the movie, after Mark and Ben have been traveling together - so go look! Give us art! And Merry Christmas to you:)

[kassidy62.livejournal.com]

Sorry, those screen caps actually came from the very beginning - though they have to do with the movie 's end :)

[duluthgirl.livejournal.com]

Okay. Thanks! I have a VHS tape (remember those?), so I'll have to check it out! :D

[kassidy62.livejournal.com]

not only do I remember VHS tapes, I still own them AND two players. One of my teenagers prefers VHS to DVD (that's going a little bit far, maybe, and I'm not sure why, but there you are;)

[duluthgirl.livejournal.com]

We still have a whole shelf of VHS, because we refuse to go out and purchase the same movies on DVD, as many of our friends have done. We still have a player, as well, and my four year old has many a favorite movies on VHS. I must admit, though, I do not like having to wait for them to rewind. :)