Cajsa's Choices: Morgan Talbot Creates Story-Rich Adventure Tableaus in Second Life, Then Writes Evocative Stories to Accompany Them

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Morgan Talbot tells stories in SL-based pictures and in prose. He seems like ancient explorer Snorri Sturluson, writing a Second Life edda full of adventure, epic adventure. Here is Part Six of the Legends of Alvion: Journey to Wyrkadrin. The chapter begins:

The crisp, chilly air bit at my cheeks as we descended the snowy pass on horseback. Siobhan sat tall on her white stallion in front of me, creating a striking image against the rugged peaks ahead. I pulled my parka tighter around me, watching as my breath materialized into misty clouds in the frigid atmosphere. The sound of our horses' hooves crunching through the snow echoed off the towering mountainsides.

Morgan’s writing is clear and evocative. I want to read more. Of course, this is a more risque story than it may seem at first glance. This is definitely not lunch hour at work pictures and reading, at least not on the work computer.

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“Space Opera: The Return of Sparkle” is an installment in another story.  Our hero is on the ground, “weighed down by neuro-blocking restraints” and being rescued by two women who are fighting two mechanoid warriors.

“Murder at the Continental: High Speed Chase” tells the story of a detective investigating the murder of a senator’s son. Unfortunately, so many of the pictures are too mature for me to see many without my Adult settings enabled, but these new twists on noir mysteries can be like that. 

Morgan Talbot tells great stories with his pictures and with his writing, though you need to turn your filters off to get the entire story. Many of you will find it well worth while. 

All images copyright Morgan Talbot 

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Cajsa’s Choices is devoted to unique, artistic, and innovative virtual world-based images and screenshots that showcase the medium as an art form and Second Life as a creative platform. (Generally not images that fit on this Bingo card.)  

Cajsa Lilliehook is a seventeen year resident of Second Life, where she owned a photo studio, spent several years as a DJ at The Velvet, and for her first SL job, cleaned up prim trash. She co-founded and runs the It’s Only Fashion blog with her best friend Gidge Uriza. She also has a book review blog, Tonstant Weader Reviews and a cooking blog, Single Serving Recipes. She spends a lot of time researching and reporting on Republican sexual predators. In her first life, she is a retired grassroots leader who has worked for economic and social justice issues most of her life. She is also the minion of a cat named Nora.

Comments

[Morgan Talbot]

Thank you for the kind words and review Cajsa! I need to review the flickr settings so that the main storylines are at least visible.