Friday, October 15, 2010

Friday Flash Fiction: "Division of Labour"

Yes, I know those are rats in the picture, not gerbils. Have you ever tried to find a Creative Commons-licensed photo of two gerbils?

And yes, I could have just changed them to rats in the story, but gerbils seem more exotic. It's the name, I suppose. GERBIL. JURR-BULL. Strange burrowing creatures from Pandora. Or Arrakis. Yeah, that's the ticket!

I really should go to sleep now.

Read "Division of Labour" at 512 Words or Fewer

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2 comments:

  1. AndrewTuesday, October 26, 2010 at 3:07:00 PM PDT

    http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=gerbils&l=cc&ss=2&ct=6&mt=all&w=all&adv=1

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  2. CKLTuesday, October 26, 2010 at 3:39:00 PM PDT

    Thanks! I'll remember that in the future. Google Image Search doesn't work quite as well as one would hope with certain advanced options.

    Of course, it's still a pain to double-check the results, because some Flickr users don't license their photos correctly (e.g., labeling things with CC which are clearly copyrighted by others).

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