Cussedness

I am certain by now that no one is going to believe this, but I found a winner among Piggy's tales. I actually like Mary E. Rose's story.

The Card
by Mary E. Rose
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewShortStory.asp?AuthorID=10260&id=8615
This one may be the only winner in the book. With a very tiny bit of editing to get out a few minor glitches, it�s perfect. This makes me wonder why she allowed it to be published by Piggy. She needs to stop posting her stuff online, which makes it a reprint, and start submitting it to genuine publishers.

A Question of Faith
By Macey Baggett Wuesthoff
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewwork.asp?AuthorID=6532&id=12436
Since like the other bit by Wuesthoff, only a partial was made available. Therefore the examination of it has to be one of style and hook and dynamics. I hope it�s better than her last effort.

This one is too preachy for me. I believe that theme should underline the story, not slam the reader in the face. This appears to be an undisguised attack on the pagan community. I have no problems with faith, I have problems with people who use their writings in attacks upon others. That is one of my most serious dislikes about �evangelical� Christian horror. There are many fine Christian horror writers out there whose work I enjoy. This one I did not like one bit.

The writing is, overall, okay. I found only a few glitches in it. Again, it needed a professional editor.

The Yeti
By Philip Jucker
www.fictionpress.com/read...id=1694018

The author is fourteen years old, another of NP�s group of underage writers, and I am wondering if he got their parents consent before using their stories here. The story adds nothing new to the tales of the Yeti and closely resembles some of the ones in films and fiction. The dialog is clumsey. The plot is unoriginal.

�About 120 corpses still were somewhere on the mountain and only half of those were actually officially dead. Some people got buried by avalanches, others froze to death. But sometimes bodies disappeared. In several cases, people couldn't find any corpses under avalanche snow. Others simply never returned. Nobody knew what a thing.�

The word avalanche is used twice and very closely together. The writer should try as much as possible to vary their wording. And I have to ask what he means by �Nobody knew what a thing� means.

The story needed an editor.

Some brief creds, a partial list

articles published in:
Movieline
Cinefantastique
Washington Post Book World
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Drive Guide
Black Belt
Martial Arts Weapons
Monsterland
Thrust: Science Fiction in Review
Science Fiction Review

Former MPAA Accredited Journalist.
Currently Active member, SFWA, HWA

Cussedness Godwar Central Station LEVEL 20 ARCH-CURMUDGEON ALL HATE MAIL WILL BE POSTED I am an out of the closet, bi-sexual gender queer and have long believed that the personal is political. Perhaps that is simply a bit of 1960s idealism that most people have outgrown; but it remains near and dear to me. I am the best-selling dark fantasy ebook author of the Dark Brothers of the Light series. I made my first short story sale at 23. it appeared in Amazons! which took the World Fantasy Award for best anthology in 1980 February 2004: In The Darkness Hunting: Tales of Chimquar the Lionhawk (wildside press) Dark Brothers of the Light Series. Renaissance Ebooks.
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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (3) Share on Facebook		2004-10-02 3:57 PM Saturday's Reviews I am certain by now that no one is going to believe this, but I found a winner among Piggy's tales. I actually like Mary E. Rose's story. The Card by Mary E. Rose http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewShortStory.asp?AuthorID=10260&id=8615 This one may be the only winner in the book. With a very tiny bit of editing to get out a few minor glitches, it�s perfect. This makes me wonder why she allowed it to be published by Piggy. She needs to stop posting her stuff online, which makes it a reprint, and start submitting it to genuine publishers. A Question of Faith By Macey Baggett Wuesthoff http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewwork.asp?AuthorID=6532&id=12436 Since like the other bit by Wuesthoff, only a partial was made available. Therefore the examination of it has to be one of style and hook and dynamics. I hope it�s better than her last effort. This one is too preachy for me. I believe that theme should underline the story, not slam the reader in the face. This appears to be an undisguised attack on the pagan community. I have no problems with faith, I have problems with people who use their writings in attacks upon others. That is one of my most serious dislikes about �evangelical� Christian horror. There are many fine Christian horror writers out there whose work I enjoy. This one I did not like one bit. The writing is, overall, okay. I found only a few glitches in it. Again, it needed a professional editor. The Yeti By Philip Jucker www.fictionpress.com/read...id=1694018 The author is fourteen years old, another of NP�s group of underage writers, and I am wondering if he got their parents consent before using their stories here. The story adds nothing new to the tales of the Yeti and closely resembles some of the ones in films and fiction. The dialog is clumsey. The plot is unoriginal. �About 120 corpses still were somewhere on the mountain and only half of those were actually officially dead. Some people got buried by avalanches, others froze to death. But sometimes bodies disappeared. In several cases, people couldn't find any corpses under avalanche snow. Others simply never returned. Nobody knew what a thing.� The word avalanche is used twice and very closely together. The writer should try as much as possible to vary their wording. And I have to ask what he means by �Nobody knew what a thing� means. The story needed an editor. Some brief creds, a partial list articles published in: Movieline Cinefantastique Washington Post Book World Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Drive Guide Black Belt Martial Arts Weapons Monsterland Thrust: Science Fiction in Review Science Fiction Review Former MPAA Accredited Journalist. Currently Active member, SFWA, HWA Read/Post Comments (3) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top