The Comfort of Malls: Modern Fantasy
Feb. 22nd, 2010 10:42 amThe first thing she did when she visited a new town was seek out the mall. There was a comfort in the mall's homogeneity, and after dealing with constant change, when change was what she tracked and what she rode and what she killed or integrated, the constancy and homogeneity was a supreme comfort and a way to recharge her spirit. Food court food soothed her. The little parks and stunted trees eased her. The similar or identical shops realigned her in the world of the outside. So it was particularly distressing when she learned that the wild strangeness in Amberton *was* the mall. She couldn't even park in the parking lot for fear of--
Inspiration: http://hearingvoices.com/news/2009/12/hv078-shopping-for-santa/
Story Potential: High-ish?
Notes: I like the idea of a character who finds solace in the mall's homogeneity, and I think it ties in well to magic/urban/modern realism/fantasy, but I do not know if this is the plot for it.
Inspiration: http://hearingvoices.com/news/2009/12/hv078-shopping-for-santa/
Story Potential: High-ish?
Notes: I like the idea of a character who finds solace in the mall's homogeneity, and I think it ties in well to magic/urban/modern realism/fantasy, but I do not know if this is the plot for it.