The Key Master – A 100 word story by Guy David

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A crack opened at the edge of the universe. I took out the key and closed it since that’s what I do. I track the cracks and close them with a matching key. I have a key for every crack. Once I close the crack I sniff the vacuum of space for another one. There is always another one. My job is never done. The universe is not merely curved, it’s cracked. Here – I can smell another one. Guess I have my work cracked out for me. Someone managed to hinder another part of this universe. Won’t they ever learn?

Originally published on the 100 Word Stories podcast.

The Staff That Meters – A 100 word story by Guy David

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She had the staff that metes, commonly known as the broom, and she enjoyed driving it through traffic tunnels. The rush of cars coming out through the other side, bumping into each other made her giggle. Getting rid of the evidence was a little messy. Usually it involved accurately targeted lightning bolts, directed at various witnesses, both in car and outside. She did enjoy the various commentators, both on television and in YouTube. She liked it when they called her “a force of nature”. It was when they started connecting her to the ozone layer that she gave up though.

Originally published on the 100 Word Stories podcast.

At The End – A 100 word story by Guy David

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Insanity must have drove me beyond all odds. I couldn’t see any light at the end, but I drove on. Visions on the wall might have been wrong, might have been true, but they didn’t deter me, always moving forward. My goal, my destination stayed hidden just beyond my reach. I carefully and methodically cleared obstacles as I came to recognize them, but more still came, revealing themselves as they came my way. My goal never came closer. I would keep on driving myself forward through this long wide tunnel. Nothing would drive me backwards. It’s the drive that meters.

Originally published on the 100 Word Stories podcast.

The First – A 100 word story by Guy David

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She was the first letter in the alphabet and she knew it. A quick look from her was enough to melt most of the alphabet away. People became speechless as she walked by, viciously robbed of their speech. She had the upper hand in debate, leaving every other letter far behind. She was a countenance, a word and a world on her own. She stood on a strong foundation and no one could collapse her. A coma was just a pause for her and no semicolon could keep her away. It was only at the full stop that she stopped.

Originally published on the 100 Word Stories podcast.

Memory – A 100 word story by Guy David

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First it was the small things, the details, forgetting what I had for breakfast and did I brush my teeth already? Where did I put the car keys? Then it was names of people, then faces, then the things I’ve seen on the morning news. I started making notes but I forgot to look at them. I would forget to eat and wonder why my mid section was making those funny noises. Finally I forgot my name. I honestly can’t tell you who I am, where I came from and what sort of life I had. I just don’t know.

Originally published on the 100 Word Stories podcast.

Mustache – A 100 word story by Guy David

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They say I’m a compulsive mustache painter. I was banned from most of the art establishments when I was much younger. I have a court junction, preventing me from getting within a three hundred mile radius of any art shop. When the long playing records started appearing, many of those famous musician faces got decorated before they caught me. that’s when I started doing actual faces. They say Salvador Dali never recovered from what I did to him, went completely and utterly insane, but it was after Stalin that I was finally put away. My inmates all have whiskers now.

Originally published on the 100 Word Stories podcast.

The Mobile Musician

I used to rely on a keyboard, a sequencer and a drum machine setup to write my music. Writing music was a cumbersome process and those old sequencers where hard to program. I’m not the best of keyboard players, so I often had to input notes one by one into that sequencer. My strength lays in composition and production. That was why the switch from analog machines to computer based composition about ten years ago was so eventful for me.

I have recently made another switch. My latest track was written, recorded and produced entirely on my iPhone. There are several full fledged studio recording and sequencing apps for your iPhone or iPad. I use one called MusicStudio and it has a keyboard, a sequencer that sort of doubles as a drum machine and even a way to record vocals. With apps such as this one I can take music writing on the road.

The business of writing music has changed considerably since I started in the mid 80s of the last century (I feel a little like an old relic after writing that…) but the notes involved are still the same 12 familiar notes, the atoms that make up a whole world of sound. It’s just that the process is now much more user friendly and mobile. I’m looking forward to the next development in music composition software. The day when you would only have to think about your music and it would be automatically written, recorded and shipped for on-line sales is not that far away.

Pinch

This track was created entirely using the MusicStudio app on an iPhone and it’s available on Bandcamp. Track length: 2:09.

Track listing:

1. Pinch

Credits:

• Guy David: MusicStudio app on an iPhone.

Night Guy 115: No More!

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• About the history of Night Guy and why I’m letting it go

Playlist:

1. Fantasy
2. Kiss of Death
3. What Do You Know
4. Opening of Doors

All tracks on this episode of Night Guy are by Guy David:
Guy David’s Website

Don’t forget to check out Songs For Jenny (also on MySpace), a project by Tony Puccy all proceeds of which go up to help fight ALS.

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No More!

My last CD release. I’m going to release my music on a track-by-track basis from now on. You can download this EP at Bandcamp. CD length: 18:50.

Track listing:

1. Fantasy
2. Kiss of Death
3. What Do You Know
4. Opening of Doors

Credits:

• Guy David: Reason software from Propellerhead.