Hauling the body across the ice was not so hard. She laid it onto her fur and pulled it fairly easily to the start of the land. The body had rolled a...
At last, Aroha had managed to make a hole which she deemed to be of sufficient width. She ran awkwardly to where she had made her discovery, slipping...
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Strange, like the BFG and the
Posted on Thu, 11 Dec 2014
Strange, like the BFG and the Soup Dragon for grown ups. Vivd description, it seems like an ancient form of toil and survival. The slippery shadow beasts seem sad despite the gruesome implications.
Read this and really liked it so went back to read the first chapters which I really liked too. I think the perspective works really well, shifting from one to another. Showing the world through Akil's eyes is particularly touching, the lovely...
I'm glad that this ended as a message of reassurance as the story truly is a parent's nightmare. Very well constructed, you create ebbs and flows of tension.
Strange, like the BFG and the
Posted on Thu, 11 Dec 2014
Strange, like the BFG and the Soup Dragon for grown ups. Vivd description, it seems like an ancient form of toil and survival. The slippery shadow beasts seem sad despite the gruesome implications.
Read full commentPosted in Shadow Cooking
Read this and really liked it
Posted on Wed, 10 Dec 2014
Read this and really liked it so went back to read the first chapters which I really liked too. I think the perspective works really well, shifting from one to another. Showing the world through Akil's eyes is particularly touching, the lovely...
Read full commentPosted in The Devil's Dish Served Six Different Ways (chapters 3 & 4)
This has such a comforting
Posted on Tue, 09 Dec 2014
This has such a comforting tone to it, death as nothing frightening but going home. I wouldn't say it was horror, perhaps the tag fantasy fits better.
Read full commentPosted in Bus Stop
I'm glad that this ended as a
Posted on Tue, 09 Dec 2014
I'm glad that this ended as a message of reassurance as the story truly is a parent's nightmare. Very well constructed, you create ebbs and flows of tension.
Read full commentPosted in Comfort Blanket
What a sweet story. Lovely
Posted on Mon, 08 Dec 2014
What a sweet story. Lovely for children at theis time of year.
Read full commentPosted in Rhiannon's Christmas
An interesting moral.
Posted on Sun, 07 Dec 2014
An interesting moral.
Read full commentPosted in The Hunchback Poor Man
What an emotional read!
Posted on Thu, 04 Dec 2014
What an emotional read! Horror and high drama. Love the use of scent to create a change of tempo.
Read full commentPosted in The Lea Rig
Love the shifts from dream to
Posted on Tue, 02 Dec 2014
Love the shifts from dream to reality, a fluid slide show of impressions and stories.
Read full commentPosted in nightmares and memories
I really enjoy the way you
Posted on Wed, 03 Dec 2014
I really enjoy the way you mix culture time and place - and your precise and evocative style.
Read full commentPosted in Les Courses des Fetes
Wonderful! So touching and
Posted on Wed, 03 Dec 2014
Wonderful! So touching and beautifully written. Effortless yet clever structure - sort of spirits from winters past.
Read full commentPosted in Santa Stops Here
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