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Our World’s Longest Literary Remix contest closes tonight, but submissions are still pouring in–including Kevin Maurer‘s Twitter-ific re-imagining of a scene. Read his remix below, dragging Alger’s prose into the acronym-heavy 21st Century.
Maurer joined a brave crew of readers in rewriting one page from a Horatio Alger novel for fun and prizes. They each rewrote one page of Joe’s Luck: Always Wide Awake (cover pictured, via). We will publish the remixed text as a free digital book. Each remix contributor will be eligible for a random drawing of special giveaway prizes.
If you want to participate in the next remix contest, email GalleyCat to get on the list. Three excellent sponsors have donated prizes, see them here.
“The Collected Tweets of Horatio Alger”
The Pike County man was the first to fall asleep. Joe and Mr. Bickford lay about a rod distant from him trying to find a good WiFi network on their laptops. When their new comrade’s regular breathing, assured Joe that he was asleep, they both logged on and met at Mr. Bickford’s Twitter page.
MR BICKFORD
Name: Joshua Bickford
Location: Pumpkin Hollow
Bio: I was 21 last of April, but I ain’t no April fool. Dad and me carried on the farm until I began to hear of Californy. I want to go out in the mines and dig gold.
@Joe’s_Luck What do you make of this clown, Bick?
11:05 p.m. via TweetDeck
LIAR, AFAIC
11:06 p.m. via TweetDeck
@Joe’s_Luck You believe those stories?
11:07 p.m. via TweetDeck
AIAMU
11:09 p.m. via TweetDeck
@Joe’s_Luck Yeah, like your Cousin Bill story. By the way, I hate it when you use acronyms, aight. Have to keep looking them up.
11:11 p.m. via TweetDeck
Sorry. Don’t want Pike doing all the lyin. Want to give him some back. Checking my fantasy team. Working trade for Honus Wagner.
11:15 p.m. via TweetDeck
@Joe’s_Luck you a deacon’s son tweeting this way. You seen the The Squaw Man redband movie trailer yet? Love a western and anything by DeMille.
11:17 p.m. via TweetDeck
Dad don’t tweet. And Cousin Bill is only on Facebook. Link to The Squaw Man????
11:19 p.m. via TweetDeck
@Joe’s_Luck So you have a Cousin Bill 🙂 … I’ll friend him.
11:22 p.m. via TweetDeck
Helped me and Dad at the farm. Designed the web page. Just sent you link.
11:25 p.m. via TweetDeck
@Joe’s_Luck So he still has his head????
11:27 p.m. via TweetDeck
Pretty sure. Got a text from him yesterday. Just got Wagner. YES! YES! Can you say champion?
11:35 p.m. via TweetDeck
@Joe’s_Luck Truth: HONUS = BUM. Doubt our friend from Pike Co. could even find truth in a Yahoo search.
11:38p.m. via TweetDeck
He’d give James Frey a run for his money
11:42 p.m. via TweetDeck
@Joe’s_Luck Yeah. Tells the truth like Jason Blair. Manly like Screech.
11:44 p.m. via TweetDeck
Coward huh??
11:45 p.m. via TweetDeck
@Joe’s_Luck Lets test Pike Co. Been on Wikipedia reading about Indians. Got the test.
11:47 p.m. via TweetDeck
Indians … How will you do it?
11:50 p.m. via TweetDeck
Kevin Maurer is a writer in North Carolina. He has never tweeted in his life, but has on occasion watched a redband trailer and plays Fantasy Football.
UPDATE: Here is a link to the completely remixed novel.