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Batman's Clock
All I wanted was a simple cup of coffee before I started work. Fate, however had different plans for me that day.
A short fiction story inspired by my own personal experience of being stuck in Sydney during the Lindt Cafe siege.
A short fiction story inspired by my own personal experience of being stuck in Sydney during the Lindt Cafe siege.
15 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 4, 2018
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March 30, 2018
What an awesome story! Batman’s Clock by Alex Maher brought out all of my emotions, fear and sympathy and the realization that this can happen to me at any time. I like the cover, and I feel it fits the story very well. If I were scrolling along, the cover would stop me to find out more.
For so few words, the story is extremely compelling. I haven’t read anything that makes a catch in my throat the way Batman’s Clock does. I think what really makes you stop and think with this story is it’s based on real life, a true story. The people in this story lived and breathed until one random morning in a coffee shop.
There are a few sentences with missing words and a typo, which is hardly worth mentioning. For this reason, I give it 4.99-stars. If I was sharing my review on Amazon it would 5-stars a well.
I highly recommend this book to everyone who likes to read, and get a copy for your friends and family – they will like it too.
For so few words, the story is extremely compelling. I haven’t read anything that makes a catch in my throat the way Batman’s Clock does. I think what really makes you stop and think with this story is it’s based on real life, a true story. The people in this story lived and breathed until one random morning in a coffee shop.
There are a few sentences with missing words and a typo, which is hardly worth mentioning. For this reason, I give it 4.99-stars. If I was sharing my review on Amazon it would 5-stars a well.
I highly recommend this book to everyone who likes to read, and get a copy for your friends and family – they will like it too.
March 30, 2018
The distinctive voice of this sharp piece grabs you within the first few lines. The narrator is not only in your ear, but in front of you, recounting a day that changed everything. When the pace dramatically stills to what would be a slow motion reel of gruesome violence, there is no turning away, no missing any of the horror.
What follows is like a psychological unraveling ending with a darkness that begs for conclusion. Except there is no neatly tied ending, just the blackness of incomprehensible violence.
What follows is like a psychological unraveling ending with a darkness that begs for conclusion. Except there is no neatly tied ending, just the blackness of incomprehensible violence.
November 25, 2018
Wow! What a powerful little story. This is a fast, easy read that pulled me into the action. Alex Maher is a great writer. He took a real-life event of horror and made it his in this story. A simple visit to the character's favorite coffee shop turns into a nightmare of terrorism.
The story is a fiction tale set in Sydney and recounts the Lindt Cafe siege from what happened to the main character. I loved every word. It's a powerful story that just might change lives.
The story is a fiction tale set in Sydney and recounts the Lindt Cafe siege from what happened to the main character. I loved every word. It's a powerful story that just might change lives.
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