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Spelling V
Life is a game. For some of us, while growing up and learning how to play the game, winning becomes an obsession. Veronica and Bobby, referred to as “fire and gas,” have a special bond that makes them more than your typical competitors in the game of life.
Having volatile tempers, the couple faces the trials of childhood, including a bloody double homicide. Suspicions flourish as they become adults and struggle to live with the consequences of their choices.
You don't choose who you love. You do choose who you kill.
Having volatile tempers, the couple faces the trials of childhood, including a bloody double homicide. Suspicions flourish as they become adults and struggle to live with the consequences of their choices.
You don't choose who you love. You do choose who you kill.
47 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 3, 2012
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June 30, 2015
A splendid blend of romance, suspense, and thrills!
Meb Bryant can take a pen full of ink and spin a tale that unwinds like a huge ball of yarn…unending excitement tangled in tension, enough to fray readers’ nerves.
Spelling V is a good example of how author Meb Bryant works her writing talent. Fully active characters with their own agendas kept the drama and tension high over a plot with a span of years reaching into adulthood. The arcing of characters is a regular challenge for most authors, but Bryant pulls it off with a professional touch. The reader is taken easily through those transitions, growing along with the main characters.
The author handles well giving the reader just enough information to keep the guessing game going until the very end. That can be tricky as most authors know. Tell too much and the story is ruined for the reader. But Bryant is known for her ability to suspend the reader till the last page. Spelling V kept me guessing.
A great read, Ms. Bryant! Five-stars in my book!
Meb Bryant can take a pen full of ink and spin a tale that unwinds like a huge ball of yarn…unending excitement tangled in tension, enough to fray readers’ nerves.
Spelling V is a good example of how author Meb Bryant works her writing talent. Fully active characters with their own agendas kept the drama and tension high over a plot with a span of years reaching into adulthood. The arcing of characters is a regular challenge for most authors, but Bryant pulls it off with a professional touch. The reader is taken easily through those transitions, growing along with the main characters.
The author handles well giving the reader just enough information to keep the guessing game going until the very end. That can be tricky as most authors know. Tell too much and the story is ruined for the reader. But Bryant is known for her ability to suspend the reader till the last page. Spelling V kept me guessing.
A great read, Ms. Bryant! Five-stars in my book!
December 22, 2015
Bryant is clever and has a way of writing something shocking with prose that urges you to continue to read something horrific and not be shocked. Think Nabakov writing Lolita – except with stories Bentley Little would be proud of. The only way Spelling V could be more disturbing is if Bryant had lingered over the story for a few hundred pages.
Bryant artfully maps out the lifetime of a control freak, a codependent, and psychopath, and it’s pretty darn riveting. I especially love that one of the characters reads Bryant’s novel Harbinger of Evil. I’m a huge sucker for when authors do this. I like the idea of one interconnected world within an authors fantasies.
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Bryant artfully maps out the lifetime of a control freak, a codependent, and psychopath, and it’s pretty darn riveting. I especially love that one of the characters reads Bryant’s novel Harbinger of Evil. I’m a huge sucker for when authors do this. I like the idea of one interconnected world within an authors fantasies.
Give the best holiday gift this season: buy yourself a short story to read in between holiday meals and excitement and leave a review. You deserve a break and indie authors thrive on reviews.
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June 5, 2015
Meb Bryant packs a punch with Spelling V. The story begins with Veronica and Robert in elementary school. V or Veronica claims his as hers. As much as he runs from it he loves her too. The short continues as their relationship develops and their love grows. In the seventh grade Robert’s are brutally murdered and the evidence points in a direction he’s not willing to accept.
Spelling V is a chilling tale of murder and betrayal leading the reader down a tumultuous journey. I read a lot of mystery and suspense and absolutely didn’t see the end coming. She did an amazing job in the novella of placing unexpected twists and turns where least expected. There are few characters in the story allowing full development of each.
Looking for a quick, mind boggling mystery this is it!
Spelling V is a chilling tale of murder and betrayal leading the reader down a tumultuous journey. I read a lot of mystery and suspense and absolutely didn’t see the end coming. She did an amazing job in the novella of placing unexpected twists and turns where least expected. There are few characters in the story allowing full development of each.
Looking for a quick, mind boggling mystery this is it!
June 15, 2012
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