All of a sudden many of the group started to run back in the direction of the park where they had started.
Cars started showing up and parking, and many more older teens got out of the vehicles and joined the crowd.
#FABLED LANDS CHING WINDOWS#
I switched windows to the front of the house and saw them moving towards the creek. I estimated about 50 to 60 in number and they all moved en mass into the parking lot of the plaza just out of my view. There seemed to me something menacing about the group, so I kept watch. Good idea.Īnyway, there was a large group of kids milling about and more showing up every minute. More kids used to hang out there, but the large wooden play structure they sat on was set on fire at 4am one morning about a year ago and the city never replace it. It's not unusual to see a few there eating their lunch away from the Jr. I was getting lunch together in the kitchen when I noticed a group of teens in the park behind us. Or perhaps I'm out of step with the times and 'odd' is the wrong word to use. I have no doubt that Richard Ridyard will surface again in another persona, but at least everyone will be watching. In a matter of hours people all over the world have gathered and shared information on this fraud in an attempt to expose him/her more quickly the next time. There will always be people who try to scam the system, but it is comforting that when a person like that is exposed for what they are the rest this community can rally together.
I also think that this person is getting off on the amount of attention they are receiving. I think that it's more of a sick joke by someone who has carefully placed stories for some time, knowing that eventually they would be discovered. I somehow doubt this was done for money because, as we all know, there isn't a lot to be had by publishing short stories on e-zines. When on-line publishers accept stories there is a certain amount of trust assumed. There's not more I can add to what others have said about this person.
There are numerous comments from folks at his blog, updating information on the story. Do yourself a favour and read his well-researched story exposing this person here. You can read his comments about this at his blog here.Īngel does an amazing job of building a case against this fraud on his most recent post. I read this morning that our own Aaron Polson has also had his story "Communion" plagiarized by this person. She also mentions that horror writer Angel Zapata has had one of his stories plagiarized. Fortunately, the people at Shock Totem recognized it for what it was and called him up on it. Mercedes Yardley last night posted on her blog about a person by the name of 'Richard Ridyard' who attempted to pass off a story as his own, but was actually written by the horror master Stephen King. Most of you will know this already but perhaps some have not. I figured that I will do my small part in getting the word out about somebody plagiarizing stories in our on-line community.
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