Comments on: Friday Flash Fiction 42 http://www.garethlpowell.com/friday-flash-fiction-42/ The online presence of British science fiction author Gareth L Powell Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:49:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: GLP http://www.garethlpowell.com/friday-flash-fiction-42/comment-page-1/#comment-291 GLP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:46:00 +0000 http://garethlynpowell.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/friday-flash-fiction-42/#comment-291 Thanks chaps. <br/><br/>As Ben says, I chose that setting because it has implications and sets up certain expectations... which I decided to leave unspoken. It's there but it's not. All the weirdness these characters have seen has happened off-stage. Whatever scarred the kid (Eric) is left to the reader's imagination. Because at the end of the day, it's not a story about alien abduction, it's a story about the way *life* drags people away from each other Thanks chaps.

As Ben says, I chose that setting because it has implications and sets up certain expectations… which I decided to leave unspoken. It’s there but it’s not. All the weirdness these characters have seen has happened off-stage. Whatever scarred the kid (Eric) is left to the reader’s imagination. Because at the end of the day, it’s not a story about alien abduction, it’s a story about the way *life* drags people away from each other

]]> By: ShaunCG http://www.garethlpowell.com/friday-flash-fiction-42/comment-page-1/#comment-290 ShaunCG Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:22:00 +0000 http://garethlynpowell.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/friday-flash-fiction-42/#comment-290 Excellent! The setting and title wrongfooted me from the off, which is no bad thing, and the voice is great - so American. I love the second sentence: "We were both in uniform, and it was one of those clear desert nights where the moon's a pickled egg and the air's sharp enough to cut you." Excellent! The setting and title wrongfooted me from the off, which is no bad thing, and the voice is great – so American. I love the second sentence: “We were both in uniform, and it was one of those clear desert nights where the moon’s a pickled egg and the air’s sharp enough to cut you.”

]]> By: ben http://www.garethlpowell.com/friday-flash-fiction-42/comment-page-1/#comment-289 ben Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:54:00 +0000 http://garethlynpowell.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/friday-flash-fiction-42/#comment-289 Understated and tragic. The setting's implications hang there but don't overwhelm; the kid's set of possessions lays out a decent little story on their own. It works both on its own and as the opening of something longer, which is a nice little feather in its cap; flexible. Understated and tragic. The setting’s implications hang there but don’t overwhelm; the kid’s set of possessions lays out a decent little story on their own. It works both on its own and as the opening of something longer, which is a nice little feather in its cap; flexible.

]]> By: GLP http://www.garethlpowell.com/friday-flash-fiction-42/comment-page-1/#comment-288 GLP Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:53:00 +0000 http://garethlynpowell.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/friday-flash-fiction-42/#comment-288 Thanks - glad you liked it. Thanks – glad you liked it.

]]> By: twofistededitor http://www.garethlpowell.com/friday-flash-fiction-42/comment-page-1/#comment-287 twofistededitor Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:52:00 +0000 http://garethlynpowell.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/friday-flash-fiction-42/#comment-287 Tiny and perfect. Usually I am analytical and verbose, but today, that's all I can say about this. Made my afternoon, that's for sure. Tiny and perfect. Usually I am analytical and verbose, but today, that’s all I can say about this. Made my afternoon, that’s for sure.

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