If a tree screams in the forest… no one probably cares.

With the “Draw one every day” stipulation of the 30Characters challenge, I end up with some silly stuff!

Well maybe this was a bad idea. I haven’t seen any cats in the neighborhood since he got his wings…

Well who doesn't want wings?

He was old, and tired, and ready to quit.
It had been a long life, and a good one – why, at the high point of his career, he had created automata for Kings! And, at the low point, for demons.

But it had been a long life, and no one was interested in little automata now. They had all moved on, found new trivial things to tickle their fancies.

And so he tinkered at his workbench, for lack of anything else to do. And before he knew it, his hands found those tools again. The metal fell into place again, and a tiny creature sprang to life.

He chuckled, as he always did. Tiny newborn thing of gears and wires. Ah, but they always had such searching eyes. Looking for knowledge. Looking to please their masters.

It turned sparkling teal eyes upon him, obediently waiting his command.

Well, he thought, it would be cruel to shuffle off when this little one needs a master…

And so he began again to father another little life.

All three of these characters look rather grumpy – but they were very fun to draw! The Llama was a sketch for a friend.

A Llama Deserves Respect

Storks Really Need Waistcoats

I have always thought Gravity was a Bad Idea. Or at least, that it ought to have exceptions. Or at least exceptions for me. I know I am not the only one who thinks being shackled to the ground is occasionally a lousy constraint, or else there wouldn’t be so many people skydiving (though I can’t say I’ve tried that) and writing stories about superheroes and fantasy races with wings.

So in the course of finding like-minded material, I can only offhand think of two gravity-loss fictions:

One is the short story The Truth About Pyecraft by H. G. Wells, and the other is Birds Do it, a very horrible and forgettable Jerry Lewis comedy.

I just realized that if there are two stories out there (50% of which are actually a good read), there are probably others.

Can you think of any?

Hmm maybe I should read Mission of Gravity by Clement except who wants to live on a planet with 700 g ?