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Sunday Story is a new feature on my blog that revisits the winning stories from the short fiction contest, we start with the very first story to win the contest - The Young Kellar by John Mulligan:

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This week's Sunday Story is 'Out of my Window' by Lisa Williamson, the winning entry from September's short fiction contest:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

If you have a short story you'd like to share on my blog then get in touch and I'll take a look.

It's lovely day out there today and what better way to enjoy the sun than by reading a story with a cool drink? For this week's Sunday Story we journey back to October's short fiction contest and the winning story 'Achromic' by Colbey Pratt:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

This week's Sunday Story is the winning tale from last November's short fiction contest - 'Worms' by Emily Nemchick:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

This week's Sunday Story is from one of my favourite Indie horror writers, visit the link below to read 'Pick a Cup' by David Haynes:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

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This week's Sunday Story is one of my own. A priest talks with a dolphin in 'Preaching with Dolphins':

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This week's sunday story is 'Garbage' by Jason Purdy which is one of the entries from June's short fiction contest that reached the final short list.

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

There is a reviewer here that gives 1 stars without reading the book. Does anyone have thoughts on this? I think objective reviews are fair don't get me wrong. Any feedback is welcomed.

Misha wrote: "There is a reviewer here that gives 1 stars without reading the book. Does anyone have thoughts on this? I think objective reviews are fair don't get me wrong. Any feedback is welcomed."

There are a number of reviewers here that give out one stars without having read the book, for a variety of reasons (a small sample was sufficient for them to develop an opinion, they use stars as a personal classification system of some kind, they are trying to manage their personal recommendations, they are offended by content, etc.) Any and all of these are permissible under GR TOS. I don't give out a lot of them, but quite frankly, if I give a book a one star, it's highly unlikely that I've read all of it.

My approach: crowd source books based off star ratings AND reviews. Looking at ratings and reviews in context helps me decide if I'll read something. I ignore star ratings with no reviews (no matter the number) or with trite generic opinions. Even a well-crafted sentence or two might make me consider reading it.