Showing posts with label short story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label short story. Show all posts

Friday, 25 October 2013

A Thousand Tears by J.C Martin a short story review.

Quote to set the scene

"So often in the course
Of life's few fleeting years,
A single pleasure costs
The soul a thousand tears."


- Francis William Bourdillon, “Upon the Valley’s Lap”
Free on Smashwords.
Here

Blurb:-
A tragic fantasy tale that will hopefully drive home the point: that communication is of foremost importance in all relationships. 
Review:-
Excellent short read. Well written. A demonstration in the effects of a hardened heart, a heart made unsure by the vastness of human uncaring.

Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Dust by Robert Williams a short story review.

Title is availiable free of charge on Smashwords.com
Here
Blurb:-Billionaire adventurer Stan Owens has everything, success, fame, all the luxury money can buy... until a plane crash leaves him stranded in the desert. Alone in a hostile environment, he makes a horrifying discovery in the desert wastes. This is a frightening new short story by Robert Williams, the acclaimed author of "Peculiar, MO."
Review:- Stan Owen is a billionaire risk taker. He is so enamoured of his image as a high-flying larger than life know it all, that he does not find it necessary to carry a cellphone with him during his aerial adventure in a very old, typically elegant, plane. When he lands sans water, navigational equipment or food in a challenging desert-like environment he has to reassess his sense of his own worth and the things he finds important. This is an at times gruesome, at others poetically told story that will have you riveted to your screen until the bitter, horrific finale. Few short stories maintain perfect pace, while spinning a descriptive engaging yarn; THIS IS ONE!

Monday, 30 September 2013

Second Honeymoon by Mark Souza. A Book Review.

Blurb.

A short story available free on Smashwords, B&N, Apple Bookstore, Kobo, Sony eReader Store, and Diesel.

When Jack Duncan finds out his wife changed the terms of her life insurance policy, he’s not a happy man. Instead of a cash payout, he gets a clone. His wife is back and all his planning has gone for naught..

He is tasked with helping her adjust and re-assume her life. But maybe all is not lost. Perhaps she will have problems adjusting. Maybe she'll commit suicide..

review.

Bravo! Not only is story very well written, it is also extremely imaginative. Picture a crime repaid in the most punishing manner, and then add a twist of lemon. This story should be at #1. Very, very clever. Short sharp read.