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When Julie realizes that she can no longer carry on after her break up with Rob she decides to do something drastic. Can an old friend help her out of her despair or will this be the end for Julie?
13 pages, ebook
First published May 10, 2012
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Jason J. Cross
9 books22 followersJason J. Cross is an Independent Filmmaker and Author. Though he has written numerous scripts he felt inspired to write the "His Calling" series in novel form. He continues to produce many short films which you can see on his website www.fsocross.com
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July 26, 2023
Set in and around Hank’s Bar in New York City.
Rob and three of his boys are at Hank’s. All 21, they’re a bunch of players.
Rob meets Michele and promptly hits on her…but suddenly, Julie shows up.
The third person omniscient is a bit odd at the beginning, but seems to work. We get everyone’s perspectives.
After Rob humiliates Julie, things get complicated from there.
Chris coming along is very cool. Great ending.
Rob and three of his boys are at Hank’s. All 21, they’re a bunch of players.
Rob meets Michele and promptly hits on her…but suddenly, Julie shows up.
The third person omniscient is a bit odd at the beginning, but seems to work. We get everyone’s perspectives.
After Rob humiliates Julie, things get complicated from there.
Chris coming along is very cool. Great ending.
February 16, 2013
Interesting premise - poor execution.
The grammatical errors (singular vs. plural, verb tenses, coordinating parallelism) start before the short story begins and continues through the "about the author" section at the end. All of this was distracting during the reading experience.
The storyline is contrived with the use of too many character perspectives - including a bartender's two sentence thoughts - for such a short story. The "surprise" at the end is a cheat because of the multiple perspectives.
In a short story (especially) every word is important. The reader is provided with far too much detail on the bar setting which is completely irrelevant to the plot. Descriptions of people are vague and actually non-existent for the main character - Julie. Elements are introduced (motel, train station) which the reader must just accept as they are never elaborated on.
The details of the cover are hard to see as it is so dark.
The grammatical errors (singular vs. plural, verb tenses, coordinating parallelism) start before the short story begins and continues through the "about the author" section at the end. All of this was distracting during the reading experience.
The storyline is contrived with the use of too many character perspectives - including a bartender's two sentence thoughts - for such a short story. The "surprise" at the end is a cheat because of the multiple perspectives.
In a short story (especially) every word is important. The reader is provided with far too much detail on the bar setting which is completely irrelevant to the plot. Descriptions of people are vague and actually non-existent for the main character - Julie. Elements are introduced (motel, train station) which the reader must just accept as they are never elaborated on.
The details of the cover are hard to see as it is so dark.
May 13, 2012
A short story that I am really proud of. I pray you do too.
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