Elfstruck

by Heather Farthing

An old soldier still guards a mountain pass after all these years, and tells a young visitor why.

Genres: Fantasy

2 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 11, 2012

About the author

Heather Farthing is an up and coming author who is fascinated by science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction. She enjoys short stories, myths, monsters, and cryptozoology.

Look for Heather's work on Amazon.com and Goodreads.

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Reviews

[Bill Tillman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Elfstruck is a VERY short story. You can read it five times in less than fifteen minutes, mmm well maybe twenty. The point is judge not by length but by content. Then you can judge this small entry.

[Ariel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Elfstruck is a piece of flash fiction that literally takes a few minutes to read. Honestly its kinda hard to talk about this work when there is only a few pages. I don’t want to give away anything so I can only leave a few bits about the story. I also picked up this work while it was free which is great since it was so short.

If you plan to try to read this work make sure to remember that the context is more important than the length and you’ll probably do fine. The writing is good but it feels like a side story from a series or another piece of work. It would do great in a collection of shorts. However it was well-written and the story we got was interesting so all in all I was rather happy. I give it a solid 3/5

[Liz Meldon · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can't go into this expecting a book--it's not. It's a piece of flash fiction that would be beautifully suited for a collection of fantasy short stories. The writing is strong, but it feels like a passing thought rather than something of substance. Almost like a side-piece to a novel. Regardless, it was well-written, and I'm glad I got it for free.

[Tami · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is my review of Elfstruck. This could pass as a chapter length. It was not a very long read. In fact, I have seen chapters longer than this.

[Sophie (RedheadReading) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This might be the shortest short story I have ever read, but it was alright! Would have maybe liked a bit more.