tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post5053682957611458917..comments2024-03-26T18:28:06.391-04:00Comments on Evil Editor: New Beginning 852Evil Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-44805962383877456852011-04-29T19:44:31.313-04:002011-04-29T19:44:31.313-04:00"Nothing good ever comes from a dead body.&qu..."Nothing good ever comes from a dead body."<br /><br />Well, that's certainly a disputable claim.St0n3hengehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504412781917592790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-50769528266356085912011-04-29T07:01:47.720-04:002011-04-29T07:01:47.720-04:00If they want to keep the 911 call anonymous, makin...If they want to keep the 911 call anonymous, making it from home sounds like the worst way to achieve that. But maybe things are different in the States. Here, the police would know what number had called.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-36857856704119586762011-04-28T22:47:52.608-04:002011-04-28T22:47:52.608-04:00My interpretation was that the pair were serving a...My interpretation was that the pair were serving a community-based sentence (probably for spraying their tags everywhere in the first place), not cleaning graffiti b/c they wanted to. Therefore, they would be keen to keep their noses clean and run from anything that might look like a crime scene - in case the sentence gets upped to a custodial one. <br /><br />I liked it until I read the final line, which just jarred for me. That's just personal, others saw it as a merit.Jo-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705983780352542190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-59624650006936063652011-04-28T18:03:40.784-04:002011-04-28T18:03:40.784-04:00I liked this. Good voice, and I'd definitely r...I liked this. Good voice, and I'd definitely read on.<br /><br />Ditto on what EE said about the heel snapping off.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504439129670380071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-40749838134563293402011-04-28T10:07:34.842-04:002011-04-28T10:07:34.842-04:00P2: I can do without "and we shivered a littl...P2: I can do without "and we shivered a little."<br /><br />P3: I see no reason to refer to the mailbox as "the metal receptacle."<br /><br />If the heel of your boot snaps, I wouldn't think this would be revealed to you because you heard it. People don't hear boot heels snap so often that they can recognize the sound; she would feel the heel snap.<br /><br />P4: "Shaking her gray head at me" sounds odd. Are you trying to subtly tell us Ellie has gray hair?<br /><br />P6: "pulled me through the trail of leaves." What trail of leaves. So far the scene has a mailbox, a curb, a pile of debris, graffiti. I'm thinking city street, slum area, not trail of leaves. <br /><br /><br />Removing graffiti from a mailbox strikes me as a useful task. Running from a body to phone 911 anonymously sounds more like what someone applying the graffiti would do. But I'm sure there's a good explanation for why they don't want to get caught removing graffiti. <br /><br />The last sentence is certainly intriguing.Evil Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-79540449107888673782011-04-28T09:44:45.162-04:002011-04-28T09:44:45.162-04:00Unchosen continuations:
"What are you doing...Unchosen continuations:<br /><br /><br />"What are you doing?"<br /><br />"Sorry, nurse," I say. I never heard her walk in. I get off the spare bed, make a show of straightening the sheets, then shuffle over and touch Ellie's arm as the nurse checks her drips. No response.<br /><br />It wasn't my fault. I had no idea the homeless guy was just sleeping until I'd heisted his shoes to replace my broken boots. And I can hardly blame myself that in a pair of reasonable basketball shoes, I can out-run anyone who wears crappy, red Walmart sneakers.<br /><br />--anon.<br /><br /><br />It was her own fault though. She should have known nobody ever listens to Anonymous. <br /><br />--AnonymousEvil Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.com