#New Roads

[unplaces]

LA-1 Business, New Roads, Louisiana.

[rumeko]

We have a future.

[avaarctic]

"Tangle & Whisper: New Roads" #2 Teaser

Coming Soon!

Sorry for neglecting my Tumblr-sphere with updates. Long story short, some MAJOR stuff happened this week and I was nearly forced to move again. Complete nightmare!

With that, we're getting close to the release of Issue #2 of "New Roads!" The amazing cover by @rechicken-and-waffles has really boosted my excitement, just as much as everyone else's and I can't wait to show you what we have going on! If you haven't seen it yet, make sure to check it out!

Thank you everyone for your patience again, and I hope Issue #2 lives up to your expectations! It's going to be much longer than #1, but should have much more action this time around, now that the duo have learned they're not the only ones on-board!

Also if you are going to be a Sonic Revolution 2023 in LA, be sure to swing by our panel about Fan Comics, co-hosted with the Archie Sonic Online team!

[auntieblues]

“Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have passed them by A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

original auntieblues

[nomoremaybe]

[thoughtportal]

the things that are reported matters. the language used matters. what is left out of the story matters.

[rightnewshindi]

मुख्यमंत्री सुक्खू ने नितिन गडकरी के साथ की मुलाकात, राज्य में चार नई सड़कें बनाने का रखा प्रस्ताव

Shimla News: मुख्यमंत्री सुखविंद्र सिंह सुक्खू ने आज नई दिल्ली में केंद्रीय सड़क परिवहन एवं राजमार्ग मंत्री नितिन गडकरी से भेंट कर प्रदेश में विभिन्न सड़कों, पुलों और रज्जूमार्ग परियोजनाओं के बारे में विस्तारपूर्वक विचार-विमर्श किया। उन्होंने केंद्रीय मंत्री से प्रदेश को उदार वित्तीय सहायता और सहयोग का आग्रह किया। मुख्यमंत्री ने केंद्रीय मंत्री को राज्य में चार नई सड़क परियोजनाओं के निर्माण का…

[cobbledcrossroadtavern]

Flash Fic Feb, Day 1

Written on Day 2, Posted on Day 3.

Day 1 Prompt: "Still round the corner there may wait / A new road or secret gate."

It was much too busy for this time of year. For this time of night, come to that. June 23rd? It felt like December 23rd. Jerry was in a foul mood, Ever since the sun had gone down, some weirdos had come out of the woodwork. One guy had painted himself blue and only spoke to the cashier in cooing noises.Another person wanted to pay for a sizeable book purchase, including at least one extremely rare volume, with a gold coin. Coins weren’t Jerry’s specialty, but if the piece the customer put on the counter was genuine, it would be worth 4 grand, easy. But Jerry had no way of knowing whether it was genuine or not, so he refused. And on and on like that.

So when Karla’s voice came over the ludspeaker, saying “Manager to the fantasy section, please,” Jerry thought, “What is it now?” He made his way through the throng of people to the back of the store. Karla was just staring at the wall that divided the bookstore proper from the receiving and storage bay. To Jerry’s irritation, Stan was back there, too. Just staring. “Stan, if you’re here, who’s minding the espresso machine?”

Stan looked over his shoulder, looking at the line of apparently endlessly patient line of customers. “This is more important, I think,” Stan said in his slow way. Jerry never knew if it was thoughtfulness or stupidity, but the man knew how to make a cappuccino.

Karla said, “We need you to settle something for us. That door…has it always been there?”

Jerry blinked. “What?”

Karla pointed. “That door. Right there. Have we always had a door there?”

“Of course we have. That goes to Receiving. You’ve both been through there a thousand times. We don’t have time for—“

“No, not the receiving door. The receiving door is beige. I mean the one sort of next to Receiving. The gray primer-colored one.”

Jerry squinted and winced through a flash headache. Then he realized which door Karla and Stan were talking about, and his irritation grew. “Of course it’s always been there. It’s a door. They don’t just grow out of walls.”

“I remember…” Stan paused. “I remember the door being there forever. But I don’t remember…remembering that…yesterday.” He shook his head and went back to making coffee.

Karla said, “If it’s always been there, what’s behind it? Stan and I have been arguing about it.”

“It’s a storage closet. That’s where we keep the…” Jerry trailed off. This was ridiculous. This was his store. 10 years he’d been doing this. He knew what was behind this door. That headache just made him forget for a second.

A man, very tall and very very thin, rested a gentle hand on Jerry’s shoulder. “Excuse me. Do you have any Tennyson? A hilarious man. I’m quite overdue for a re-read.”

Karla shook her head, like she was trying to clear it, and said, “Of course. Come this way.”

Jerry stared at the door for a moment longer. Then another customer required his attention, and it slipped his mind. After all, it had always been there.

The rest of the evening was insanely busy. The cashiers kept asking Jerry to approve transactions in unusual currencies, things no policy could cover. He found himself saying yes to as many as he could, and he found himself glad for doing so. Some were straight book swaps. He was surprised by the titles people were willing to part with. Apparently he traded a pretty good edition of Butler’s Parable of the Sower for “one perfect song in perpetuity,” whatever that meant. He just knew he wanted to go to karaoke later.

The bookstore normally closed at 10 on weekends, but closing seemed unthinkable. Until midnight the customers kept them all busy with strange requests. He thought he heard one customer in the café ask for a cup of tears. When Stan replied that he didn’t have any, the customer happily ordered an oat milk latte instead.

Then, the lines grew shorter. Fewer and fewer people required Jerry’s attention. Then the last customer left with their purchase (an adult coloring book and seven copies of the same edition of War and Peace—Jerry hadn’t even known they had that many. He hadn’t sold that many copies of that book in the whole time he’d had the bookstore).

And the place was empty.

Jerry, Karla, and Stan cleaned up, exhausted. There was something slightly different about all of them, in ways Jerry couldn’t explain and would soon forget to notice. As they did a final walkthrough of the book floor, something caught Jerry’s attention, something about the back wall, but he couldn’t put his finger on it. “Hey, Karla?” he called. “Do you member why you called me back here earlier?”

Karla joined him and took a long look at the back wall. “Didn’t I need you to get something from Receiving?”

Jerry hesitated. “Yes, that must be it.” He looked at the beige door. Something was bothering him about it still.

As they all left the store together, Jerry said, “Hey, I know it was a long night, but is anybody interested in karaoke? I have a song I want to try out.”

To his surprise, they all agreed.

[drawerbread]

truly my comfort ship

no skull paint ver:

[vitya-plum]

New road

leading to somewhere unknown don't know if i like it or not but walking this way anyway what other choice do I have maybe there is but I don't see another path so I continue walking this way even if it's scary even if I'm alone I'm still going and hoping that at the end happiness awaits me

[hrrria]

[unplaces]

LA-10 Business, New Roads, Louisiana.

[djkinski]

the prophecy gang again

[avaarctic]

Tangle & Whisper "New Roads" Update: Delay

Hello readers!

Sorry that things have been very quiet on updates for the comic. I made an update on Twitter recently, but long story short, Issue #2 of "New Roads" has been delayed.

Recently I've been forced to move, which has put a lot of stress on my busy schedule. On top of that, there's general family things and personal stuff that has taken away more time. This has all impacted my ability to write, and with less time to edit and rework the story than what I did with #1. I really want to make sure Issue #2 is as good, if not better, than the previous. Fortunately, with the help of my friends, I think we've fixed the beginning of #2 to be even better than I originally intended.

That said, I've also been accepted as a guest as Sonic Revolution 2023 this June! I'm super excited to not only attend a Sonic Fan convention, but as a guest too! If you're going to be there too, let me know! I'm happy to meet fans!

[1863-project]

I'm sorry but I'm dying at this being framed like it's horrible:

More trains are good! Less emissions, less traffic, more mobility for everyone (disabled folks benefit highly from accessible public transport, for one group of many)...

Anyway, here's the actual feasibility study from Amtrak, the MTA, and New Jersey Transit on increasing capacity at New York Penn Station. I can think of something else that should be done but it's over 60 years too late to do it,* so this is the next best thing.

*I will never be over what happened to the original Penn Station. It's a huge chip on my shoulder and the fastest way to get me violently angry.

[mothcpu]

Good morning Show me the place where he inserted the blade