Category: Stories

Perhaps all the content on iRez is a “story” in one sense or another, but here at the iRez Story Portal you’ll find good old short story writing alive and well in our new media environment.

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…

 7 Comments on The Piano Player – Part II/II
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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…

 3 Comments on Six – Part IV: When they got back to the cafe
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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,…

 12 Comments on Of Branches and Stories
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Of Branches and Stories

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

 22 Comments on The Hitcher – Part 2
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The Hitcher – Part 2

The hitcher had stirred my curiosity. I asked Paul if he travelled a lot and he said he’d…

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The Hitcher – Part 1

For those who don’t know me, I’m an avatar from Second Life and live my life in…