Issue 5 of the Parallel Serials is finally here! You’ve waited and waited and now, some long awaited continuations. You might notice that the PRL blog has a new look. It’s all an effort to make your life easier. Now you can find links to each issue along the right side. It’s a simple looking issue, but there’s plenty of bookmarks to avoid unnecessary scrolling for your favorite. The Scroll is also a new addition. It’s a feature that will update as we turn back issues into more newsletter-like documents complete with columns that will eventually be printable. On the blog, The Scroll helps you navigate back to the top, gives you insights into the likes and dislikes of PRL contributors and the goings-on at the PRL Offices, as well as links to real news on the web. Serial archives are now located along the top of the page. Once a Serials run is complete, the link will disappear until the day comes that the story continues. Until then, if you want to read something and can’t find the archive, send an email to the editor and like magic, it’ll appear the following week. We are always looking for contributors and feedback on the works that appear in the PRL, so feel free to email the editor (rdc2104@gmail.com) your thoughts, ideas, and stories. Pictures too, we’re starving for good art work. Hope you enjoy the new format, and remember suggestions are always welcomed.
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This week:
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The man is in a jam, and in handcuffs. Is this the end of the man’s journey? Or will the remainder of it be with shackles on his hands and feet?
It Exists Issue 5 (Amazing Elroy, The Magician Bk. 0): “‘A military grade weapon?’ The man asks, finally able to talk, to move, free from the paralysis of fear. ‘That’s not easy to hide I imagine. You check my motel room yet?’ The man asks.”
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The Made in America One-Shots are back with a vengeance. This week, Wendy meets the lovely Maria which may prove to be more trouble than pleasure. And the story in this One-Shot is so big, you’ll have to come back next week for part two!
Made in America (Wendy, the IBF Receptionist One-Shot Part 1): ”The Institute for Brain Function, a little know lab and research center in rural GA, is a fairly busy building with three floors of mostly scientists, and some patients, a few lab rats, and Wendy, who is the receptionist who sits at the front desk and sees every doctor as they come in the mornings or leave in the evenings.”
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Have you noticed that Wes is sometimes a character in Max’s stories? How come I’m never in them? This week, Max explores the topic of homelessness in Ladoga with a story that might leave you crying by the end.
Selections from Rebel Max’s Journal (Vol. 1): On Insanity: “…it wasn’t uncommon in east Ladoga for women unable to have children of their own, to take in children who had been deserted or neglected by their parents. There were always a few perpetual runaways, children who wander around Ladoga like nomads, from group home to foster home to county lock up, no permanent place to lay their heads. This was the case for Crazy Jeffrey until he wandered onto the back porch of Wes’s aunt.”
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Emma turns a traumatic day on public transportation into art.
Emma (or The Artist) I (PRL Legacy Series): “When today comes to an end, it will be late into the night and Emma will be immersed in a project that involves her dirty mop and a bottle of water tinted bright yellow with food coloring.”
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A PRL first, the PRL Cosmos and Heroes Crossover event of the summer, The Origins of Magic!
The Origins of Magic (Part 1 of 3): “Magic is a result of limited perspective, no matter if a woman is being sawed in half or if the Aurora Borealis is lighting up the sky; with more information, anything can be explained.”
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And Stone Hand is a man now, see what he’s up to this week.
Stone Hand (leaders and Leadership): “Stone Hand is a ravenous sexual being; /in his twenties he counts his /sexual partners on both hands /and then extra fingers.”
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The PRL Serials, you know you missed us; we missed you too beautiful.
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