Comments on: “Candy-coated” a short story by me http://carltonmellick.com/2009/07/02/candy-coated-a-short-story-by-me/ author of bizarro fiction Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:12:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: zoE http://carltonmellick.com/2009/07/02/candy-coated-a-short-story-by-me/#comment-152 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:39:02 +0000 http://carltonmellick.com/?p=285#comment-152 HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY!

]]> By: :A: http://carltonmellick.com/2009/07/02/candy-coated-a-short-story-by-me/#comment-151 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:22:51 +0000 http://carltonmellick.com/?p=285#comment-151 That was the first Bizarro story I’ve ever read: I thought it was hilarious, and made me thought there was even a proper name for some of the short stories I’ve written and that are out in Italy next year (and it seems I’m the only one, right now, to write Bizarro in Italy).
So, well, thanks.
And happy birthday, even if a li’l bit late.

]]> By: Mike http://carltonmellick.com/2009/07/02/candy-coated-a-short-story-by-me/#comment-149 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:25:29 +0000 http://carltonmellick.com/?p=285#comment-149 I read this a couple of months ago. Good stuff!

]]> By: carltonmellick http://carltonmellick.com/2009/07/02/candy-coated-a-short-story-by-me/#comment-148 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:00:58 +0000 http://carltonmellick.com/?p=285#comment-148 Thanks for checking it out.

]]> By: carltonmellick http://carltonmellick.com/2009/07/02/candy-coated-a-short-story-by-me/#comment-147 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:00:40 +0000 http://carltonmellick.com/?p=285#comment-147 Not going well?

]]> By: carltonmellick http://carltonmellick.com/2009/07/02/candy-coated-a-short-story-by-me/#comment-146 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:00:20 +0000 http://carltonmellick.com/?p=285#comment-146 That’s awesome. I love his work.

]]> By: Bradley Sands http://carltonmellick.com/2009/07/02/candy-coated-a-short-story-by-me/#comment-145 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:43:45 +0000 http://carltonmellick.com/?p=285#comment-145 Happy birthday. You and Tao Lin have the same birthday. The post listed above this one on my blog roll is about how it’s his birthday.

]]> By: chris benton http://carltonmellick.com/2009/07/02/candy-coated-a-short-story-by-me/#comment-144 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:33:37 +0000 http://carltonmellick.com/?p=285#comment-144 Good story, classic deadpan autopsy of machismo, cheese and crackers. Hope your b-day is going better than mine…

]]> By: bobisimo http://carltonmellick.com/2009/07/02/candy-coated-a-short-story-by-me/#comment-143 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:09:28 +0000 http://carltonmellick.com/?p=285#comment-143 Just read it. Thank you for sharing it. I loved the idea of a guy with a lollipop head. And the name Knobert. And the pec-flexing conversations. And truckers randomly popping up for some licks. And the attention to detail, answering the little questions that pop up in your head as you read (like the reference to the curly gray hairs matted to the back of his head). And I’m sure if anyone around me says laydaaays, I’ll think of this story. Humorously tragic, and even a bit symbolic of the ways we lose ourselves I think.

I’m now looking forward to reading more of your writing. They need to get Knobert onto [Adult Swim]. I’d watch :) Thanks again for commenting on the question at my site. Oh, and I don’t know you, but happy birthday — since you mentioned it.

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