January 22, 2015 07:13:03
Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt
February 4, 2015 06:01:00
February 17, 2015 23:52:46
Lewis Lopez It was really nice to see the process behind the writing. Don't worry about being quiet, it's to be expected. The Q&A bits were awesome for their own merit. Glad to see you better.
February 23, 2015 21:33:12 · Reply
Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt
March 5, 2015 01:45:16
March 23, 2015 19:24:49
Lewis Lopez God damn. Yes. I just want more. Please give me more of Sempronia's weavings. I feel like this piece is the opening of another short story collection. Maybe we are the ear and we hear each tale. I dunno, wishful thinking.
March 23, 2015 22:08:47 · Reply
Rin Revell I love the idea, and I would loooove to have that book to read and re-read forever, Nika!
March 26, 2015 19:18:50 · Reply
Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt
April 2, 2015 04:04:36
April 14, 2015 09:20:51
Kevin Sean Mahoney You were always a pin-up NH, the world just needed better vision. We're closer to 20/20 now. Thank you.
April 14, 2015 09:28:55 · Reply
Kristian Fischer I really liked this. It's brutal without being mean, open and honest rather than fake. Well done, Nika.
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April 22, 2015 06:35:10
Jonathan Clements Enjoy the city, the words will arrive when they want to, I look forward to when they get here. Also, I think this post counts as a good & inspiring piece of writing...makes me want to pick up a pen again (not to mention visit New Orleans). Enjoy the rest of your holiday.
April 22, 2015 07:20:18 · Reply
Kristian Fischer I hope this post will help to release the pressure for you so you can do some work. Sounds like you're so innundated with what NOLA has thrown at you that it's all clogging up the creative pipe. Even when life doesn't conform to your plans, it's still okay to give yourself a break. That's hard to do, but if you pull it off, the rest will start flowing again. I'll echo what Simon said about not being a Patron because I expect something valuable from you on a regular basis. If I just wanted to read your stuff, you put a lot of it out for free anyway (and thank you for that, by the way). No, I'm here because you're worth my time and what money I have to throw at you. You're endlessly open and honest, and that's SO FUCKING REFRESHING on the Internet of 2015. A Real Human Being, as the song said. Thanks, Nika. Sincerely.
April 22, 2015 08:56:07 · Reply
Lewis Lopez Happy to help in any way I can :)
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May 2, 2015 07:05:39
Kristian Fischer Man, I haven't watched Twilight Zone in YONKS. I should rectify that.
May 2, 2015 18:04:35 · Reply
Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt
May 14, 2015 17:45:38
May 23, 2015 10:51:52
Eric Howell Thank you for sharing, Nika. This is very moving and it had me reevaluate some of the choices I've made in life. Some minor, some major. The mess of "What-ifs" can get out of control, but if we just become aware of the possible wrongdoing we've committed rather than fully immersing ourselves into each infinitesimal possibility, the mess becomes more manageable. It is a very mature step to take the past from different perspectives, because then we learn how to shape our futures into something better and more beautiful. I'm sorry about your dad, NIka. You're a beautiful person with an amazing talent for words. Thanks again for sharing.
May 23, 2015 17:29:57 · Reply
Lewis Lopez One of the things that I admire most about you is how open, honest, and unabashed you are in your writing, even when it hurts. And this one clearly did. But it made for a truly meaningful story, and one that a lot of people could relate to. We all have issues and fucked up shit that we slog through. The change in perspective towards the end of this piece helped to cement that. Lookin at the back of your two heads. Just damn. This was a really, really good piece of writing, Nika.
May 23, 2015 21:42:29 · Reply
William Raillon Thanks for this beautiful experiment, Nika. I haven't read or heard you in a while and I had nearly forgotten how good and moving a storyteller you are. Your drawing is charmingly simple and surprisingly powerful. Maybe even more so than a regular video. The missing 40% of screen illustrate my theory that in a short story, what is there and what it evokes matter more than what is unavoidably missing.
June 7, 2015 17:33:40 · Reply
June 3, 2015 19:15:25
Kristian Fischer You never realize how much an hour of uncontrollable sobbing hurts your face until you've done it. Lucia felt like a spear driven into my heart. The name was different, but the person was exactly the same. Mine. The absolute, uncontested love of my life. Lost and gone forever. My "Lucia" never got the chance to be an old woman in a curtained bed. I say I read the story, but what happened was that I read 1/4 of it, then had to close my browser and go sit in my easy chair and empty a box of Kleenex. One of the big boxes, too. While I was still taking anti-depressants I never cried like this. The pills clamped down on the pain, shoved it violently away. This? This was a torrent. A Tsunami. You can't even SPELL how badly it hurt. I feel viciously beaten. Like one big bruise. I did the beating myself, absolutely. I have hard fists. Nika , elsewhere, you echoed Neil Gaiman's thought that fiction shouldn't be safe, and that if you affected your reader in any way then you'd done your job as a storyteller. I could see the theoretical correctness in your argument, but God, this wasn't what I expected out of this story.
June 4, 2015 08:58:21 · Reply
Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt
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Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt
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Kristian Fischer You know, my first thought on the end was whether or not she dies in childbirth. It kinda sets up women as merely conduits for others to come into the world and carry on. At least in my mind. Obviously no idea if that's what you intended.
July 30, 2015 18:00:56 · Reply
Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt
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August 19, 2015 19:19:41
Kristian Fischer Having learned a little bit of your life from what you've shared on Patreon and Twitter, I wonder how much of this is autobiographical. Probably more than a little, question mark?
August 19, 2015 19:44:53 · Reply
Nika Harper Very little, next to none.
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August 31, 2015 20:16:04
Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt
September 10, 2015 06:04:23
September 26, 2015 07:00:34
Kristian Fischer I really like this. Gotta say, I was a little worried that the final scene would be the baby fox and its family snout deep in the crow's entrails. The actual ending was much better, though. "You may be clever, but I'm old, junior!"
September 26, 2015 08:28:20 · Reply
Jesus Gutierrez The idea of two tricksters having a battle of wits was really fun and intriguing. Love the interaction between the baby fox and the crow and how even in the end there was a respect among them. Awesome job.
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James Nealon This. Is. Fantastic. Seriously, just superb in every way.
January 22, 2015 17:09:52 · Reply
Nick It took me a while to understand what was going on but now I do. I've discovered something new and it was great, thank you! =o)
January 22, 2015 19:02:16 · Reply
Eric Howell Excellent work!
February 1, 2015 22:33:51 · Reply