I’ve been getting ready to move into a new town (Twin Cities), which involves a lot of digging around in boxes of my things that I haven’t looked at in years. That digging turned up this:
Yep. “The Mushroom” was the first short story I ever completed. I was in the sixth grade at the time and I thought it would be cool to write a story about a mushroom that is actually a space alien. Which prompted the following conversation when I saw this the other day.
Margaret from 2010: WTF, Margaret from 1999?
Margaret from 1999: I thought it was funny!
Margaret from 1999: I like gel pens.
Anyway, here’s “The Mushroom,” for your viewing pleasure.