tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post7293691029823348858..comments2024-03-28T16:06:50.879+00:00Comments on FICTION on the WEB short stories: Mad Mick by Nick WildingCharlie Fishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04834189452905372024noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-81022588143909589992014-02-24T17:21:43.439+00:002014-02-24T17:21:43.439+00:00Thanks for the kind words :-)
NickThanks for the kind words :-)<br />NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-71193138316753965442014-01-20T05:09:17.557+00:002014-01-20T05:09:17.557+00:00Very sympathetic main character and great tension ...Very sympathetic main character and great tension all the way through the story. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15758014801072094527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-36614099332370906512014-01-20T05:07:33.176+00:002014-01-20T05:07:33.176+00:00Great story. You kept the tension going right to t...Great story. You kept the tension going right to the unexpected ending. Mick is a very sympathetic main character. You had me rooting for him all along. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15758014801072094527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-33213571205145692552013-08-19T19:25:18.099+01:002013-08-19T19:25:18.099+01:00A gradual, tense unfolding ........ finely nuanced...A gradual, tense unfolding ........ finely nuanced & evoking emotions that are triggered by a slight breeze wafting deftly through the narrative. Unease settles in as the reader's companion, & sweat breaks as the dread aggregates and builds towards something unspeakable. Then a first horror is with us: followed by relief and the spectre of redemption. The second terror swiftly follows: no saccharine resolution of this tale awaits us. A fibrous reflex, a visceral justice, tumescent and ready to explode corrupts the safe aspirations of our imaginations. This raw reality born of a man walking to a different drum: reminding us that he has actually marched to a drum, and then been obscenely discarded and left to the vultures.<br />Excellent writing - I hope that there is more to come!<br />CEHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-22023841362248213272013-08-16T14:31:56.735+01:002013-08-16T14:31:56.735+01:00Genuinely scary and interestingly unpredictable. B...Genuinely scary and interestingly unpredictable. Both dialogue and characterisation carefully handled, and surprisingly thorough for a brief story. The murder which concludes it might be justifiable in terms of the morality the story defines, but it is still gratuitous, to me.Bruce Harrishttp://www.bruceharris.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-49764138051663541282013-08-13T14:34:32.800+01:002013-08-13T14:34:32.800+01:00Beautifully paced, very nicely constructed. I was ...Beautifully paced, very nicely constructed. I was gripping the arms of my chair by the end. You created that sense that something was not right even though nothing was obviously wrong, just the conflicting messages that make the story fly. Well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-66649827743257557632013-08-12T17:08:41.218+01:002013-08-12T17:08:41.218+01:00Thanks for the nice comments guys. I felt more con...Thanks for the nice comments guys. I felt more confident writing it than I have for any of my other efforts so far. I think what made the difference was having a really clear visualisation of the characters in my head from the start. This meant that I knew what I was aiming for when drawing them rather than just winging it. This has inspired me to do some more:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-73318541100251714462013-08-11T16:15:54.854+01:002013-08-11T16:15:54.854+01:00Nice build up and great payoff!
Nice little side n...Nice build up and great payoff!<br />Nice little side note on the life of the homeless and that sometimes all it takes is a little bit of help and they can get back their self dignity.Jim Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429957545169700110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-74216572593561009902013-08-11T10:14:41.143+01:002013-08-11T10:14:41.143+01:00very good Nick,
Scene set perfectly, clue dropped...very good Nick, <br />Scene set perfectly, clue dropped earlier on<br />slowly building sense of dread<br /><br />first class<br /><br />Mike McCarthyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-15077172600931393592013-08-11T10:13:28.095+01:002013-08-11T10:13:28.095+01:00Nice twist.
Liked this line:
Like the conversation...Nice twist.<br />Liked this line:<br />Like the conversation of foreigners, the mood was clear but the details were not.Annecdotisthttp://annegoodwin.weebly.com/annecdotal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com