A Pantry of Unusual Sounds
The cabinets in D's kitchen are a pantry of unusual sounds. It is where they are stored.
Each time an unusual sound unfolds somewhere in the world, it disappears from its place on the shelves. Each sound leaves behind a hole in the air, a hole that is shaped like the sound.
Sometimes D takes down a hole and stretches out its boundaries. He steps through into a network of alternate pathways through 4-dimensional space.
But he does not go anywhere.
Instead he steps back through the hole and says: “A fifth dimension is also stored in my cabinets. When a fifth dimension unfolds somewhere in the world, it will disappear from it's place on my shelves. Maybe it will leave behind a hole in the air that is shaped like it.”
Because that is the only way he can think about it.
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Author's Note
A new toy in the form of a tiny fiction from my 100 Days Project, from my Edge Effects.
For the illustrated version, see:
Other stories by stephen hastings-king
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i very much like this! and that last line makes it for me.
nice. thanks much for the read, comment and lovely star, meg. i like this piece, personally. i think it does something kind of odd. maybe the shapes of sounds are easier to visualize by way of chladni patterns:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4332269422_55faca7217_o.gif
which i had in mind when I made the piece...