The Ray Bradbury Effect

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I don't know why it is that I sometimes revert back to my older self. The fiction writer in me. It usually does happen as the seasons change for whatever reason. Maybe that's because there is a darkness that comes with a winter, and the cold has a way of creeping in and taking all the warmth out of you. It's easier to find the cold when the bones are chilled. I remember back in the day loving watching The Ray Bradbury Theater. It was a great show, and of course, Ray Bradbury was a fantastic mind of imagination whose stories really got you wondering. It started out with Bradbury in his office, sitting behind his typewriter, in a room full of trinkets and artifacts he'd picked up somewhere or the other. He'd scan the room, and ask, "What will I write about today," before landing on something that caught his fancy. And thus, the story would unfold. I wrote "Brandon's Piano," which came from a dark place in my current life a few days ago. But I needed something else. I wanted to write. So, I took the Ray Bradbury approach and went with a post I read just earlier today called, "Vampire Bunny," by @RasmaSandra. Let me look at this picture. At this bunny. Let me see if I can come up with something, like Ray Bradbury would have, just looking at that picture. I actually did. And I will share it soon. I was actually surprised by what I came up with and hope you will like it too.