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He can feel shame. He can begin to feel the hurt he inflicted on others. He can see the waste he has made of the passing years and regret. And for Marc to be merciful hurts more than if he had slammed the door in his face. I am glad you were moved; thank you for commenting and for reading this story. Perhaps there was some real light for a change...
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Our predator has sustained some deep wounds. The pity of his former victim must be so hard to sustain. It is not a physical hurt that will melt his heart, though, but something deeper. But the conflict we feel must be far more magnified for Marc. Many thanks for your perceptive review and for continuing to read!
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You ask all the right questions. And Marc has every right to slam the door. This chapter tries to illustrate just how much power has slipped from the predator's hands. He can still follow, still hunt, but he has no power to seduce, to break another man. Not now. Thanks for reading this chapter and for all your support!
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Our predator is beginning to grasp the depth of his loss - the loss of his humanity. Lee is a person who I wish I could have known. But he is a person I can aspire to be. It is amazing how kindness can hurt far more than insults or outright rejection. It exposed the predator's heart to his own conscience. Many thanks for your review and support!
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Our predator certainly feels quite low. Lee, in his innocent compassion, twists the knife of pity in the predator's wound. Perhaps the predator is beginning to understand something, as you say - perhaps he has an inkling of how to be human, after all. Thanks so much for reading this chapter, and for your review!
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You have far more experience and wisdom than either Marc or Lee; the former has been around the block once or twice, and the latter has some of the innocence of youth. Marc seems ready to protect Lee, whatever happens. And really, what can the predator do to them now? Thanks for your response and for reading this chapter!
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Yes, for once in this tale, something -- someone -- bright and good stands out. Marc is clearly unwilling, but Lee must have been more convincing; he is indeed a star. The Predator has a bed, at least for the night. And the kindness shown him surely affects him as much as any number of (deserved) insults Marc could have hurled. Since when to predators weep? Thanks a million for your response and review!
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Prompt 538 - The Zombie Part 3
Parker Owens commented on Valkyrie's story chapter in Prompt 538 - The Zombie Part 3
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Marc stood in the doorway, blocking out the light from within. The man was angry: eyes wide, shoulders broadened and straight, ready to fight. Ready to protect. He stood there on the step, withering under the glare, willing himself not to retreat, not to look away. "Please. Can we just talk for a second?" Marc allowed a short, sharp bark of ironic laughter to escape. "No fucking way. Get your ass off my front step and get the fuck out of here before I call the cops." Call the cops? The words
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You were not alone in having to re-read in order to parse Misadventure. I can hardly blame you for hesitating and puzzling over the first two stanzas before proceeding to the third. I am very pleased that the third helped make things clearer; even better pleased that you found it good. Thank you so much for taking the time to wrestle with this, and to respond to it!
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I fear for Adrian. But at least the two boys know what they both want. This was a wonderful chapter.
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I am glad to see there is more to come. I would not like this to be the very end, not now that Luke and Jackson seem to have some measure of acceptance. You paint the picture of Cindy, the Outraged Parent very, very well. My ears are still ringing. Worse still, Cindy, in her rage, seems bent on burning bridges she ought to have been maintaining with better care. Funny how the kids find a way to deflect most of the parental drama...does that mean they won't fear it as much later? But the best part of this chapter is Jackson's parents actually standing up for him. Thanks for an awesome chapter.
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I am sorry for the hurt you endure, the water that seems to appear in droplets where they oughtn't to be. Your ray gun makes the hurt and melancholy a little less blue, a little more bearable. But still, the hurt is there, even though the words flowing over it might take a little of the sting away. But you reflect on this so artfully, so insistently, that it will resonate with me.
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I am really grateful to you for the time you spent on this, and for your really generous review. Your interpretation is on the mark. You have the story essentially right. You did really well, even tired. This is what I like about this form: it's long enough for a story to develop, if the task of telling it can be managed within the structure. Many, Many thanks for your review and kindness...P
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No, my own private internal tribunal is likely to be far harsher than anything anyone else sets up. But thank you for your kind words, my friend.
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Your words mean a great deal to me. Thank you. The court that sits in judgement is so often within our own mind, and so often harsher than any other tribunal. To the angels of our better nature, or to others' better nature we might appeal, but who can release us from our private hells? I am very glad you could see beyond a literal reading of judgement days. Thanks again for reading...
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I feel for Ryder; he has been badly hurt, and has compensated by constructing a thick armor of football and school smarts. His parents love him, and show it, but it still may not be enough. You have given us interesting clues to leave us wondering about Callen and Garrett....looking forward to another chapter!
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Thanks for a little more insight into Ryder. He has reason to be nervous and miserable, and it doesn't help that he has been distant, too. Nice to hear the voice of Jeremy, too. Perhaps he needs a dad to be a dad, and not a coach for a while.
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Misadventure I led a boring life, both plain and staid, and never thought to question or incite experience of which I'd be afraid, or pleasures which I could not have the right to hope for, though the sun should take its flight a million times before it ceased to burn, but then we met, establishing my plight: I seek from unforgiving hell's return. I cannot say the pleasure when we laid abed entwined was not a great delight, or that I'd take another time in trade for those elusive moments in
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Jae had to leave, or so he thought. But did he know he'd break Dave's heart, too? Dave and Jae have undertaken journeys, each seeking something that may not ever be there. But the hope for wholeness and an end to hurt can make strange illusions seem so very real. There is great sadness in this chapter. Dave could not even begin to think of Terry, for Terry could not ever really make him whole. But what does Jae imagine? Great chapter!
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Chapter 31 The Stuff of Fairy Tales
Parker Owens commented on Headstall's story chapter in Chapter 31 The Stuff of Fairy Tales
Fairy tales, indeed. But we're still a long way from ever after, aren't we? Kellar and Tobyn away from Morningstar just sounds dangerous. But what else are they to do? Great work reintroducing us to a new Warren, and him to the pack...thanks, Gary! -
No way it wasn't a kick to Dave's gut, but at twenty-two, he might still have thought that nothing bad could happen. That Dad wants to try and do the right thing makes him a good guy; so many others would have cut and run. As for the scenes, you wrote what you had to write - sensual, frank and steamy - because that's what both of them wanted. And while it's not the purpose of the story, it sets up what follows. Thanks.
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This was a great chapter, with love and tension and Evan's brilliant tactical sortie to the grandparents. And this chapter certainly saw the youngsters pin back their grandparent's ears! All those nasty things Henry must have said, and then to be visited by such pleasant, properly behaving youngsters and their...husbands-to-be. If that doesn't get the older generation thinking more carefully and out of their staid, antiquated boxes, then what will?
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You are absolutely right about the fear and trembling that courses through the body as one even considers talking out loud about the Gay-word. And then to actually act on that conversation, not just hive it off into some abstract part of the brain where it will be safely left to fester for a while...well, there is the leap for you. I hope you enjoy the further snapshots that stem from this single leap of hope. Many thanks for your review!
