tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post4723481686506454126..comments2024-03-28T16:06:50.879+00:00Comments on FICTION on the WEB short stories: Night Watch by Catherine GriffinCharlie Fishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04834189452905372024noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-1465598084818942522015-05-11T13:19:37.149+01:002015-05-11T13:19:37.149+01:00Good ear for dialogue and slow-burn humour - all t...Good ear for dialogue and slow-burn humour - all things which are effective on screen, but it's the metaphor that stays with me: the shed like a child's drawing of a house, the torch picking out the allotment landscape in the dark, the deer. Good writing.<br />Timothy G E Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139468930183148909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-1121030784469518722015-02-25T19:09:06.763+00:002015-02-25T19:09:06.763+00:00Wonderfully entertaining.
...Cardiff...
Just lo...Wonderfully entertaining. <br /><br />...Cardiff...<br /><br />Just love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-78371498310647396442015-02-21T11:12:06.384+00:002015-02-21T11:12:06.384+00:00l loved this story, especially the drama of ordina...l loved this story, especially the drama of ordinary lives that reveal the old, old stories of human connections, love, pride and loss - and regeneration. the characters were nudged into life and took root in my imagination. Very many thanks,<br />CeinwenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-24060882303667507642015-02-20T21:33:30.811+00:002015-02-20T21:33:30.811+00:00Hey - us silly Americans can like it, too ;-) In f...Hey - us silly Americans can like it, too ;-) In following with Mike's comment, the characters are really what make this story. (And, indeed, they are very British - which is good.) With just the light touch on Robert's marriage ("lost her?" "Yes. Long ago. She lives in Cardiff now, with her sister. I miss the crumble though." you initially get the impression she's died - but his response lends the reader to wonder what the heck happened - thus I could easily see a follow-up or even a prequel to this story.Jim Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429957545169700110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-54873046361236181242015-02-20T17:01:20.637+00:002015-02-20T17:01:20.637+00:00I agree with James, this is a fine story. For me i...I agree with James, this is a fine story. For me it´s a very British story, I mean that in the nicest possible way! with finely drawn characters<br /><br />Mike ;McCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155197540326010032.post-55438253848297030322015-02-20T09:37:25.537+00:002015-02-20T09:37:25.537+00:00Hi Catherine, I enjoyed reading this and particula...Hi Catherine, I enjoyed reading this and particularly liked how you managed to turn tables on the situation that changed the self defending vigilantes into minor criminals. A bit of a dig at the police added for good measure as well. I could image this being real and although it is fiction (is it?) it came across as authentic, the characters must be real people...surely. Thank you for a very entertaining story.<br /><br />James McEwanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com