Author: Lizzie Gudkov

Lisbon, Portugal -- I am a former educator who became a writer. My fascination for people's intricacies and my love for words drive me to write stories. These appear in the format of flash-fiction, short stories and poetry, stubbornly and imprudently!
High angle interior view of a church. Camera looks down on a tile floor as our view is surrounded by three large stone arches
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 10

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/09/it-takes-a-village-chapter-9/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 9: The Priory Ruins[/button] [caption id="attachment_18359" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Church[/caption] Chapter...

an ancient road with a stone wall to the right and an archway just up ahead
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 9

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/08/it-takes-a-village-chapter-8/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 8: The Market Square[/button] [caption id="attachment_18337" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Priory Ruins[/caption]...

low aerial image of a town square showing simple buildings on either side and a gazebo-like structure in the center
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 8

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/07/it-takes-a-village-chapter-7/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 7: The Indian Pavilion[/button] [caption id="attachment_18309" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Market Square[/caption]...

Picture of an austere, stone building.
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 7

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/06/it-takes-a-village-chapter-6/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 6: The Gypsy Camp[/button] [caption id="attachment_18268" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Indian Pavilion[/caption]...

A medieval or Victorian era clearing near the outskirts of a town, and two Gypsy wagons, mobile homes of the day, parked for the evening
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 6

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/05/it-takes-a-village-chapter-5/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 5: The Manor[/button] [caption id="attachment_18202" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Gypsy Camp[/caption] Chapter...

Goatswood
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 5

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/04/it-takes-a-village-chapter-4/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 4: The Mill[/button] [caption id="attachment_18118" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Manor[/caption] Chapter 5....

steep up-looking angle on a classic Dutch-looking windmill in the Goatswood sim of Second Life
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 4

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/03/it-takes-a-village-chapter-3/” color=”black”]< Chapter 3: The Hot Air Balloon[/button] [caption id="attachment_18017" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Mill[/caption] Chapter...

Warm-toned, almost sepia in desaturation, image of a hot air balloon in a town square
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 3

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/02/it-takes-a-village-chapter-2/” color=”black”]< Chapter 2: The Inn[/button] [caption id="attachment_17997" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Hot Air Balloon[/caption] Chapter...

Virtual world image of an Inn perhaps from Victorian times. The setting of Chapter 2 of It Takes a Village
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 2

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/01/it-takes-a-village-chapter-1/” color=”black”]< Chapter 1: The Train Station[/button] [caption id="attachment_17986" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Inn[/caption] Chapter 2....

The Train Station from Lizzie Gudkov's fictional or "metafictional" story set in the virtual environment of Goatswood itself in the virtual world of second life
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 1

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/05/29/a-new-story-for-avatar-blogger-month/” color=”black” class=”alignleft”]< Introduction[/button] [caption id="attachment_17953" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Train Station[/caption] Chapter 1. The Train...

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A New Story for Avatar Blogger Month!

Introduction After a breathing spell of about a month, I am back with a new story, this…

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The Piano Player – Part II/II

A week, only a week until that day when he lost her… He was used to the…

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The Piano Player – Part I/II

The piano player sat at the edge of the cliff. Beside him, the unused telescope monitored the…

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Of A Valentine’s Past…

Andrea66 Resident sent you a notecard. He hesitated, his heart hammering wildly while the notecard loaded. It…

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Six – Part IV: When they got back to the cafe

When they got back to the café, after burying William Andrews, the mood was somber. Carver didn’t…

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Six – Part III: Morning of the next day

The morning of the next day was quiet. Sarah resumed her routine of climbing to the rooftops…

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Six – Part II: A Mysterious Death

A mysterious death in a quarantined town plagued by constant sandstorms triggers a series of unexpected events….

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Six – Part I: Sarah on the Rooftop

Sarah perched up on the rooftop. Night time was the perfect cover. Her eyes wandered the horizon,…

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Of Branches and Stories

  Who is the new face at iRez, you may ask. Allow me a few words about…