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This one probably won't emerge as one of the standouts, but on the other hand, there isn't much to complain about with this one, either. It's a pleasant story, with good formatting, a leisurely pace, and I don't even recall any typos.
However, I would take exception with the slug "Some town west of the Mississippi". Give this town a name, real or imagined -- either way is fine. This is a very awkward slug line, particularly when you use it more than once.
When the surprise comes, it isn't much of a surprise, really. It is set up and telegraphed fairly well as the story proceeds, so perhaps that might have been the author's intent. I was hoping that the author would turn the story on its ear at some point, unleashing something a little more sinister than what we expect -- maybe a "Soylent Green" kinda' thing. But perhaps that's just me.
Instead it's just a cheerful little slice-of-life thing, which is fine. My biggest piece of advice for the author would be to explore a scenario with a little more conflict, which is the primary element missing from this piece.
Well written stuff but as Bert said: "...the author would be to explore a scenario with a little more conflict, which is the primary element missing from this piece."
This was the "feelgood" entry, and I have to say I enjoyed it. It flowed well, and there was a good payoff. Like Bert said, there wasn't any conflict, but I really didn't think it was needed. Although, I suppose there could have been another suitor or something to that effect.
A nice story overall, and I'd be very curious to hear Bert's "Soylent Green" suggestion.
Tom was a funny character always asking questions. I read through it quite quickly even though it contained a lot of dialogue, and boy were those nicely written I didn't like the story but that's a personal taste because there was nothing wrong with it.
Am I the only one who found all of these polite but evasive townsfolk -- clearly preparing for something -- to be a little...menacing?
I honestly thought this story was going someplace darker. It certainly could have.
I was thinking the same thing.
I enjoyed this and, unlike the previous poster, I didn't see a problem with dialogue or grammar. Except maybe on page one where you write "to a passage to" but I think that's just a typo.
The story isn't really to my taste. Like Bert, I was hoping for something a bit darker and I think some conflict (of any kind) could enhance this piece.
One thing stood out as a little odd. On page 6 Tom says "those boys are trouble" yet at the end he seems all to happy to welcome Jim to the family. I was almost expecting him to refuse Jim's proposal. That would have given us some conflict.
That said, I did enjoy it. It's well written and has a 'feel good' quality about it which is quite refreshing.
Nice and enjoyable, well written. Totally not my kind of thing, so I can't comment much on it, but I made the same observation as Mabuse about Tom's "boys are trouble" line...which could have been foreshadowing but instead turns out to be nothing.
I don't know. This was quite good but just not my thing.
I liked this one. I identified with the character because I myself felt irritated not knowing what he didn't. The payoff was good as well. I was pleasantly surprised and it felt good combined with the closure of Tom finding out what was going on. Had it been something similar to finding out the secret ingredient of Soylent Green like everyone else is suggesting, I don't think it would have worked as well (though I'm much more accustomed to and mostly prefer the darker stuff). Good job.
I enjoyed this read, particularly because it had a feel good ending. I really enjoyed your dialogue and think the story, though simple, was sweet. Well written too, I might add.
Well, it looks like the cards are on the table. Thanks for reading, and I know the story is a little on the sweet side, but I thought to myself "western," and this was what I came up with. I wanted a more multi-character setting with Tom restocking or something and overhearing pieces of conversation but never the full story. However, it took me so long to come up with anything that I didn't have the time for anyhting so complex, so this is what resulted. I think I'm going soft....
Anyway, appreciate the reads and feedback and I guess if I were to assimilate the feedback, I'll try to be darker and more evil in the future.
A nice read, but didn't grab me. Everything was just too nice, with the payoff being a major dissapointment. Maybe next time you could conjure up something with more conflict...
Well, this was a beautiful piece, but as Bert said it's probably not one of the standouts. Nothing nearly as extreme as getting something shoved up your...
Yeah, so anyway, from the start of the story you could get the sense that something was going on, but whether it was good or bad remained a mystery. I think after Jeb left is where the intention came out that something fun was going to happen, and the execution was excellent.
Not much to criticize. A very well written piece, a feel good story...overall this was a charmer. Not your standard western shootout, but top notch nevertheless. Well done!