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From the forthcoming "Kings of Nowhere" collection - After a "girls night out" gone wrong, Evie stumbles upon the strangest of things - a man made of bronze rusting in a clearing in the woods. What wakes in that clearing, and in herself, are more than she may be able to believe, much less handle.
48 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 31, 2012
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Patrick de Moss
9 books18 followersBorn in Nova Scotia, and having held a number of very odd jobs, from gravedigger to hotline psychic, he now lives and works in St. John's, Newfoundland.
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March 30, 2013
So you think that you have seen all of the romance schlock that you can tolerate? In my case, the answer is GOD YES. Until you see it in the hands of a young master story teller with an imagination. This is a story that you will refuse to believe yet Patrick refuses to let you leave and draws you in deeper and deeper, and then you want to believe. Alas the screw is not yet seated and must be turned again. Great read and enjoy a tale that ranks as one of the best in recent memory.
March 4, 2013
This story will live with me. The logical brain says it is a nonsense, it’s not possible, but the emotions are fully engaged. The development of the relationship between Adam and Evie is totally believable while you read this story. There is some very clever use of the it/him conundrum that subliminally tells us how Evie is changing her perception of Adam. She is a fully formed, flawed and fractured character who I found I was really rooting for, desperate for her to find happiness. Adam , a robot, was also as human to me as he became to Evie.
Superbly drawn as the MCs are, I was pleased to see even the minor characters were ‘visible’ to me, completing the enjoyment of the story, the belief in the reality of Evie’s world.
The outcome is heart-wrenchingly sad. Or is it? The author has cleverly allowed us to write the rest of the story in our own imaginations. My ending is a happy one, but that’s just the way I am.
Superbly drawn as the MCs are, I was pleased to see even the minor characters were ‘visible’ to me, completing the enjoyment of the story, the belief in the reality of Evie’s world.
The outcome is heart-wrenchingly sad. Or is it? The author has cleverly allowed us to write the rest of the story in our own imaginations. My ending is a happy one, but that’s just the way I am.
April 22, 2013
Over all I thought the story was good. So the following comments are only my thoughts and I hope you accept them as a positive critique of your work.
I thought the beginning of the story was a little disconnected, for a person that doesn’t Tweet, I didn’t understand some the dialog. In the beginning there was a lot of dialog between characters that, as a reader, were not introduced. I got the idea of what was happening, however it was confusing – perhaps a little more narration would have solved this issue.
Even though I didn’t understand what the clock/robot thing was or where it came from, it’s interaction with the main character and their relationship was thought provoking. I felt that your ending could have been developed a little further; she kicked him out; he walked out the door – the end.
Over all I thought it was nicely written story.
I thought the beginning of the story was a little disconnected, for a person that doesn’t Tweet, I didn’t understand some the dialog. In the beginning there was a lot of dialog between characters that, as a reader, were not introduced. I got the idea of what was happening, however it was confusing – perhaps a little more narration would have solved this issue.
Even though I didn’t understand what the clock/robot thing was or where it came from, it’s interaction with the main character and their relationship was thought provoking. I felt that your ending could have been developed a little further; she kicked him out; he walked out the door – the end.
Over all I thought it was nicely written story.
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