Trying to get back in touch with my writing style. I felt that I relied too much on this style, so I tried to write without it for a while. That ended up with me not doing anything, so eh.
This is based on a (day)dream I had once, and also that Ultima game’s title. Martian Dreams? Well, anyways, nothing’s more surreal than dreams about dreams. Hope this feels just weird enough to pull it off.
This does have a very weird sense to it, but it’s not a (dare I say it) alienating sort of weird. It’s more like it pokes the reader into thinking in a different way than (s)he’s used to, and it’s just familiar enough to make us feel comfortable, but bizarre enough to remain intriguing.
I loved this! The juxtaposition of an almost Lovecraftian Mars and a very specific apartment in Seoul gave this the perfect mixture of disorientation and wonder, like a good Neil Gaiman story.