Charlie's Short Story Blog

When I imagine "TWCSR," I don't think of it as a movie, but rather a short, something that doesn't necessarily require people, and something that can convey a story quickly and easily. The film would take place in the house, and it wouldn't show the outside, as all of the curtains would be closed, and the drapes drawn. The house would appear as it does in the story, and the inside would be neat and orderly, as if the owners were just out vacationing. Before any of the actual events unfold, the camera would pan through the house, showing various rooms, all empty, dark, and all completely silent. There would be no music, no ambient noise, just the silence of the house, and the random scurrying of the robotic mice. Due to it all being silent, the alarm breaking the silence would be loud and piercing, made with very robotic beeps. Soon after, the house would start to brighten up as the events started to unfold. The food would be shown not being eaten, and the robot...

What a story's title is shows a lot about how the author wants you to perceive the book. Depending on what the title is, the reader will have a very different feel and thought process while reading the story. With that as the main idea, it brings to attention the short story "This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona." In my mind, it doesn't seem to have the most fitting name. It doesn't really discuss anything about the book, and the only real connection is that it takes place in Phoenix, Arizona. I think that a more fitting title would be "Ashes to Ashes." The reason behind this is very simple, and it plays in to some of the different things that are actually represented in the story itself. I think that the title "Ashes to Ashes" is good, because it is related to some of the story's main concepts. The first concept is obviously the father's ashes, because it's the whole plot of the story. They're the only reason why th...