
I love these "Bottled stories" Michael writes -
Everybody needs a hobby and this is mine. I'll write a short-short story, print it out, and place it in a bottle. This particular bottle once contained Knappogue Castle Irish whiskey, one of the great tipples of the world. It may even (I forget) be the bottle that I brought back from my first trip overseas in 1982, back when each bottle was individually numbered by hand.Flogging Babel: Bottled Stories - [via] Link.After the story is placed in the bottle, I sign and date the glass with a diamond-tipped pen. Then I cork the bottle and Marianne covers the top with sealing wax. After writing a letter of provenance, I destroy every copy, physical or electronic, other than the one inside the bottle. It is now, in the original, unspoiled sense of the word, unique.





































Not quite every copy, Mr. Swanwick.
[Hefts Fubar hammer]
There's still the matter of the copy in your brain...
/Twilight_Zone
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Wouldn't it e even more one-of-a-kind if you wrote the stories by hand instead of printing them on a computer?b
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I hope you use acid free paper and archival grade inks.
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... that whiskey is fantastic! I'm going to go try and order some right now!
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