tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post8555207703218347483..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: Advent Ghosts 2015: Two Short Short Ghost TalesJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-82010414712091450452015-12-22T06:06:48.825-06:002015-12-22T06:06:48.825-06:00And I replied to the wrong comment. *sigh* Whatcha...And I replied to the wrong comment. *sigh* Whatcha gonna do?Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-29793092342950370382015-12-22T06:05:04.000-06:002015-12-22T06:05:04.000-06:00John,
Your intent with the first piece was perfec...John,<br /><br />Your intent with the first piece was perfectly clear! Having two young kiddos means I just automatically default to allusions about nursery rhymes that feature ambulatory gingerbread men. My little ones love that story. Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-21961328888527393182015-12-21T23:23:20.945-06:002015-12-21T23:23:20.945-06:00Thanks so much. I guess I succeeded in my experime...Thanks so much. I guess I succeeded in my experiments with POV and mood.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-89472315286243599772015-12-21T23:19:15.256-06:002015-12-21T23:19:15.256-06:00The first one is supposed to be a noir parody told...The first one is supposed to be a noir parody told from the viewpoint of a cookie. It made me laugh when I came up with it. I guess I should have made it first person narration. It wasn't intended to be a story of a person trapped in a giant oven at the mercy of some Twilight Zone like "To Serve Man" aliens. Though I guess it can be interpreted that way.<br /><br />I liked the second one better, myself. Thanks for the compliments, Loren. I had fun with these this year. They just flowed right out of me. Easiest things I've written all year!J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-90664053685291808262015-12-21T14:08:15.991-06:002015-12-21T14:08:15.991-06:00Great unique voice in each story. Very enjoyable.Great unique voice in each story. Very enjoyable.Paula Gail Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843350597811462936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-3134889527908700812015-12-20T14:05:27.343-06:002015-12-20T14:05:27.343-06:00"Run, run, as fast as you can! You can't ...<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gingerbread_Man" rel="nofollow">"Run, run, as fast as you can! You can't catch me ..."</a> That'd be a BAD way to wake up! And I like the second one quite a lot. Very poignant.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-8462169571702435282015-12-19T15:32:19.999-06:002015-12-19T15:32:19.999-06:00both of them?
Yikes! That question mark was suppo...<i>both of them?</i><br /><br />Yikes! That question mark was supposed to be an exclamatory.noirencyclopediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02843963811822980754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-20054882514625042142015-12-19T15:30:52.986-06:002015-12-19T15:30:52.986-06:00Excellent stuff, both of them?
Have you ever come...Excellent stuff, both of them?<br /><br />Have you ever come across the two Drabble anthologies published 'way back when by Beccon Press? The John Brunner drabble in the first of them is, I think, one of the finest short-shorts I've ever come across.noirencyclopediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02843963811822980754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-77791973244188875962015-12-19T15:23:00.876-06:002015-12-19T15:23:00.876-06:00Very, very nicely done, John. I wish I'd known...Very, very nicely done, John. I wish I'd known about this Challenge. Oh well, maybe we'll do our own writing challenge in the new year. They are such fun. <br /><br />I'll be off to North Carolina to visit family for Christmas, so this is a last comment for awhile - just wanted to wish you an especially MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR, dear John. God bless.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-83974718133438978172015-12-19T14:02:27.689-06:002015-12-19T14:02:27.689-06:00Great ones, John. Great ones, John. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com