tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post2595617631269217265..comments2024-03-09T16:10:28.455+01:00Comments on Shameless Words: A Short StoryS. Kearneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-81391073806214118622007-11-19T14:21:00.000+01:002007-11-19T14:21:00.000+01:00Hi Chris, and welcome! Thanks for your feedback .....Hi Chris, and welcome! Thanks for your feedback ... I'm glad you liked it. This was a new genre for me, but I do like a little Paul Auster, for example, with that gradual increase in tension and only a dribble of clues as to what's happening. Please feel free to come by again. :-)S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-32609136940448837292007-11-19T04:37:00.000+01:002007-11-19T04:37:00.000+01:00That was really good! I was hooked right through t...That was really good! I was hooked right through to the end. Very psychological- like Shirley Jackson.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255026646819281620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-20595487537999694362007-10-30T00:30:00.001+01:002007-10-30T00:30:00.001+01:00Thanks, puresunshine! :-)I'm not sure Calcutta is ...Thanks, puresunshine! :-)<BR/>I'm not sure Calcutta is on the agenda, but we'll see. :-)S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-67110110213106023412007-10-30T00:30:00.000+01:002007-10-30T00:30:00.000+01:00Hi CB,I will plan another like this soon .. I alre...Hi CB,<BR/>I will plan another like this soon .. I already have an idea from something I saw today! :-)S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-5038217696386730842007-10-28T18:39:00.000+01:002007-10-28T18:39:00.000+01:00yeah! u really shud! :) it was awesome. and please...yeah! u really shud! :) it was awesome. and please do come to calcutta when ur visiting! have written more abt that in response to ur comment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17353823072805304712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-34077968979859517622007-10-28T02:30:00.000+01:002007-10-28T02:30:00.000+01:00You should write more in this genre - you do it so...You should write more in this genre - you do it so well.Kay Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791873464409271216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-1952293991986816412007-10-27T13:16:00.000+02:002007-10-27T13:16:00.000+02:00Puresunshine,Thanks. I'm pleased you found it grip...Puresunshine,<BR/>Thanks. I'm pleased you found it gripping! :-) And I'm glad the twist worked. It was fun to do something in this genre for a change.S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-75954199393642818422007-10-26T20:49:00.000+02:002007-10-26T20:49:00.000+02:00It was gripping. Half way thru the story I thought...It was gripping. Half way thru the story I thought he was suffering from some mental problem schizophernis, maybe. And then when his daughter again that he made the hole in the wall-that was just so rightly creepy. Excellent piece!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17353823072805304712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-18441002493137809572007-10-26T00:29:00.000+02:002007-10-26T00:29:00.000+02:00Great, Dewey, I will submit it! Thanks for the tip...Great, Dewey, I will submit it! Thanks for the tip! :-)S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-91082393107516231072007-10-26T00:17:00.000+02:002007-10-26T00:17:00.000+02:00There's a new host, Myrthe, and her blog is The Ar...There's a new host, Myrthe, and her blog is The Armenian Order. She's probably in my blogroll, but either way, I'm planning to post about the change in hosts tomorrow. All you'll have to do is email her with the link!Deweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395712971920800717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-72451333980600378712007-10-25T22:51:00.000+02:002007-10-25T22:51:00.000+02:00Hi AV,Glad you liked it ... this came from a dream...Hi AV,<BR/>Glad you liked it ... this came from a dream I had a few weeks back ... someone busting through the wall from an office next door! :-)S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-28062471394518383772007-10-25T20:15:00.000+02:002007-10-25T20:15:00.000+02:00Great story, Shameless, you had me hooked to the e...Great story, Shameless, you had me hooked to the end. It was well paced, intriguing, a little poignant and quite a bit disturbing. All quite thought provoking. Well done!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-50822804692771951542007-10-24T23:58:00.000+02:002007-10-24T23:58:00.000+02:00Vesper,Thanks. I'm glad you like it. I think you'v...Vesper,<BR/>Thanks. I'm glad you like it. I think you've pretty well read it as I write it.<BR/><BR/>Colleen,<BR/>Huge mice with massive kicking feet! :-) I'm glad I was able to meld all that together and keep you guessing!<BR/><BR/>JD,<BR/>I'm glad you liked it. Hope it doesn't go giving you nightmares now! :-)S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-19676469572741504342007-10-24T21:35:00.000+02:002007-10-24T21:35:00.000+02:00Like Colleen, I thought it was a helluva rat. Then...Like Colleen, I thought it was a helluva rat. Then it became quite Hitchcock-esque. Poor Mr. Raymond. I feel quite sorry for him. <BR/><BR/>Great story, Shameless. You had me on the edge, right to the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-12785321071637704222007-10-24T15:11:00.000+02:002007-10-24T15:11:00.000+02:00I thought it was mice too. Then came the curve ba...I thought it was mice too. Then came the curve ball. Reality, time, dreams are all overlapping in a very surreal way. It left me thinking "What the Hell?!" And I know a cup of tea for the English is the answer to anything awkward. Very nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-46776653559958388942007-10-24T13:21:00.000+02:002007-10-24T13:21:00.000+02:00Seamus, I liked your story quite a lot. I think it...Seamus, I liked your story quite a lot. I think it's well written and suspenseful, and has the eerie feeling of a ghost story. It depends on the reader, of course; some will think he's just a senile old man; I thought it was Caroline, though, trying to invite people for the afternoon tea... Well done!Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-66341745091088447722007-10-24T10:53:00.000+02:002007-10-24T10:53:00.000+02:00Hi Loretta,I'm glad you got that shivery sense ......Hi Loretta,<BR/>I'm glad you got that shivery sense ... I wanted it to be a bit creepy. :-) I don't do many ghost stories.<BR/><BR/>Nothingman,<BR/>Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. But don't forget that it may not have been him, in the true sense of a ghost story. Did Caroline take a sledgehammer to the wall to save her husband from becoming a terrible hermit? Who knows? Did he do it himself? Was his ruler really something larger and he was hallucinating? Oh the mind boggles! :-)S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-34770300743361583452007-10-24T08:58:00.000+02:002007-10-24T08:58:00.000+02:00Nice one man...digging a hole in the wall is too e...Nice one man...digging a hole in the wall is too extreme no? may be he could have taken a sledgehammer to the wall or something! that would have been more fun :) but very enjoyable read!<BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>NPallavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09597178864833810868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-577489639221027562007-10-24T08:12:00.000+02:002007-10-24T08:12:00.000+02:00I found that to be quite creepy...in the nicest se...I found that to be quite creepy...in the nicest sense Seamus. It reminded me of a polanski film I saw decades ago...I can't remember what it was called. The main character dug a little hole in the wall and found? a tooth.<BR/>Anyway, Well done I enjoyed it...in a shiver me timbers kind of way.L.M.Noonanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881964969727529916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-43933779525304538992007-10-24T00:42:00.000+02:002007-10-24T00:42:00.000+02:00Hi Dewey,Yes, that would be fun. What do I need to...Hi Dewey,<BR/>Yes, that would be fun. What do I need to do? I see from a link on your site that the current host has pulled out.S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-56090690902518227742007-10-24T00:06:00.000+02:002007-10-24T00:06:00.000+02:00You know, the next Bookworms carnival is short sto...You know, the next Bookworms carnival is short story themed. Would you be willing to submit this to the carnival?Deweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395712971920800717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-55283503680286048582007-10-23T22:38:00.000+02:002007-10-23T22:38:00.000+02:00Thanks, Cailleach. I made it nine years to show ho...Thanks, Cailleach. I made it nine years to show how these situations - turning into a recluse - can take time to manifest. Caroline is still there after all that time. But I've slightly edited the ending now so that there's no confusion about the presence of the children. :-)S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117802.post-66062083401098093432007-10-23T21:41:00.000+02:002007-10-23T21:41:00.000+02:00Ooh. I do like this. One teeny nit. Nine years sin...Ooh. I do like this. One teeny nit. Nine years since Caroline passed on..?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.com