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Threads by Michea Bonilla & Leah Ruth Hart
Dustin Schultz wakes in the hospital to a concerning surprise: he sees strange red or black threads growing from the skin of everyone he meets! What's more, whenever he pulls one of these threads from someone's skin, they start admitting things--things they've never told anyone before.
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An adventure in collaborative fiction, Author Versus Author is a tournament style competition pitting 64 authors against one another in random matches.
The winner of each match moves on to the next round until ultimately there is one overall winner!
Each match will feature a story alternating chapters by two different authors. Different styles, clashing genres and viewpoints, manic schedule.
Don't like that character? Kill them.
Don't like the genre? Change it.
However, any changes have to advance the story.
Will authors work together or sabotage one another?
Will it work or will it crash spectacularly? Let's find out.
Will YOU agree with the judge's decision?
Dustin Schultz wakes in the hospital to a concerning surprise: he sees strange red or black threads growing from the skin of everyone he meets! What's more, whenever he pulls one of these threads from someone's skin, they start admitting things--things they've never told anyone before.
***********************************************************************
An adventure in collaborative fiction, Author Versus Author is a tournament style competition pitting 64 authors against one another in random matches.
The winner of each match moves on to the next round until ultimately there is one overall winner!
Each match will feature a story alternating chapters by two different authors. Different styles, clashing genres and viewpoints, manic schedule.
Don't like that character? Kill them.
Don't like the genre? Change it.
However, any changes have to advance the story.
Will authors work together or sabotage one another?
Will it work or will it crash spectacularly? Let's find out.
Will YOU agree with the judge's decision?
73 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 12, 2017
2 people want to read
About the author
Michea Bonilla
2 books5 followersGender cryptid from southern Oregon who regularly moonlights as a functioning adult. Self-appointed Reverend of the Gender Theocracy and permanently exhausted writer who needs to get back to work.
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January 21, 2017
These two authors really did a great job taking up where the other left off! The story reads like a fluid piece of work. There are discernable differences between Bonilla and Hart’s writing style and I did chose who I would have picked as a winner, but would not like to share those opinions.
I bought this short story in order to scope the competition. I am in this tournament also and if I move on, may face this match’s winner in later rounds. For that reason I will not comment on either author’s writing style. Instead this review will focus on the delivery of the story.
Dustin wakes up from a head injury to discover that he isn’t exactly the same as before. An accident he can’t remember has enabled him to see threads growing out of other people. He soon discovers that each thread is grown when someone keeps a secret. Then he pulls one!
Justin’s search for truth takes unexpected turns as he encounters his mother, father, crazy uncle, and girlfriend. Each chapter brought something interesting to the story and I get the feeling that these two likely didn’t even get frustrated by the developments written by the other author.
It’s a lot of fun seeing how these matches are getting sorted out! Stay tuned, not everyone gets along as well as these talented writers have.
I bought this short story in order to scope the competition. I am in this tournament also and if I move on, may face this match’s winner in later rounds. For that reason I will not comment on either author’s writing style. Instead this review will focus on the delivery of the story.
Dustin wakes up from a head injury to discover that he isn’t exactly the same as before. An accident he can’t remember has enabled him to see threads growing out of other people. He soon discovers that each thread is grown when someone keeps a secret. Then he pulls one!
Justin’s search for truth takes unexpected turns as he encounters his mother, father, crazy uncle, and girlfriend. Each chapter brought something interesting to the story and I get the feeling that these two likely didn’t even get frustrated by the developments written by the other author.
It’s a lot of fun seeing how these matches are getting sorted out! Stay tuned, not everyone gets along as well as these talented writers have.
February 9, 2017
Interesting Idea for a Book
Instead of working at cross purposes, these authors seemed to work together. I couldn't really tell who won because of this. The idea of pulling on someone's strings to find out their regrets was an interesting premise. However, the book didn't stay interesting enough. It finished better than some books, though.
Instead of working at cross purposes, these authors seemed to work together. I couldn't really tell who won because of this. The idea of pulling on someone's strings to find out their regrets was an interesting premise. However, the book didn't stay interesting enough. It finished better than some books, though.
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