The Edward Hopper Collection

The Edward Hopper Collection is a series of stories written by alt.sex.stories.d regulars in response to paintings of Edward Hopper. The collection was the brainchild of Mat Twassel, who asked for writers to pen their response to one of five Hopper paintings.

I cheated, and picked a different Hopper painting. But for those interested in the official invitation, here's how Mat kicked everything off:

This Week's Quiz: The Hopper Collection

Your task of the week is to view the paintings linked below, and using one of them as your inspiration, write a little piece, story, vignette, caption, reaction, poem, or something which you think might interest your fellow ASSDers.

Post your answer to the alt.sex.stories newsgroup of your choice.

http://www2.iinet.com/art/20th/american/hopper/hopper07.jpg
http://www2.iinet.com/art/20th/american/hopper/hopper08.jpg
http://www2.iinet.com/art/20th/american/hopper/hopper16.jpg
http://www2.iinet.com/art/20th/american/hopper/hopper17.jpg
http://www2.iinet.com/art/20th/american/hopper/hopper25.jpg
http://www2.iinet.com/art/20th/american/benton/benton02.jpg

--Mat Twassel

There were a lot of entries in the collection, and I probably missed a bunch of them. But here are all that I managed to spot.

  • Love: A Play, by Prufrock54
  • Deciding, by Lord Malinov
  • Bed Linens, by Lucinda Gavin
  • Small Talk, by Prufrock54
  • My Hopper collection story, by Maria1971
  • Nighthawks, by Poison Ivan (me!)
  • Poetree, by E.Z. Riter
  • Eve's Dropping, by E.Z. Riter
  • Scrapbook Delusions, by Shon Richards
  • On Gatsby's Death, by Allison George
  • Jennifer, by Euphrosyne\_D
  • Dilemma, by Janey
  • Seven A. M., 1948, by Please Cain

E-mail Did you enjoy Nighthawks? Please E-mail Poison Ivan at poisoniv1@hotmail.com and let me know what you think! Or, if you're so inclined, leave a note In My Guestbook
My stories have been released into the public domain. Redistribute them, rewrite them, claim them as your own, do anything you like with them. But, out of courtesy to the author, I humbly request that you not remove my name or contact information. I still like to hear from my readers.


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