Comments on: Friday Flash: proper little soldier http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/70 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:41:42 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: ShaunCG http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/70/comment-page-1#comment-99 ShaunCG Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:52:30 +0000 http://mmcgrath.co.uk/2007/09/13/friday-flash-proper-little-soldier/#comment-99 Really enjoyed this one. The nature of the monsters, their speed, their lack of description, and the manner in which they can be avoided, all seem perfectly calculated to build tension. It works! Sol's death is particularly vivid; so sudden and violent. I also like the inversion of when the never-described monsters come; during the day, and they leave at night. (Sorry if this doubleposts: it's not showing up and I got a failure message, but the comment count does read 4 rather than 3...) Really enjoyed this one. The nature of the monsters, their speed, their lack of description, and the manner in which they can be avoided, all seem perfectly calculated to build tension. It works! Sol’s death is particularly vivid; so sudden and violent. I also like the inversion of when the never-described monsters come; during the day, and they leave at night.

(Sorry if this doubleposts: it’s not showing up and I got a failure message, but the comment count does read 4 rather than 3…)

]]> By: GLP http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/70/comment-page-1#comment-98 GLP Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:09:13 +0000 http://mmcgrath.co.uk/2007/09/13/friday-flash-proper-little-soldier/#comment-98 Martin, this is fantastic. Like a mixture of "War of The Worlds" and "Pitch Black". It's so tense. And yet so human, too. And "booming" is a great concept. Top marks. Martin, this is fantastic. Like a mixture of “War of The Worlds” and “Pitch Black”. It’s so tense. And yet so human, too. And “booming” is a great concept. Top marks.

]]> By: Neil http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/70/comment-page-1#comment-97 Neil Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:41:18 +0000 http://mmcgrath.co.uk/2007/09/13/friday-flash-proper-little-soldier/#comment-97 Hey Martin, hope you're feeling better. I really enjoyed this one, I think you have something here that could be turned into something longer. Hey Martin, hope you’re feeling better. I really enjoyed this one, I think you have something here that could be turned into something longer.

]]> By: Gareth D Jones http://www.mmcgrath.co.uk/archives/70/comment-page-1#comment-96 Gareth D Jones Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:51:14 +0000 http://mmcgrath.co.uk/2007/09/13/friday-flash-proper-little-soldier/#comment-96 Excellent suspense. It was liek an even scarrier version of the triffids. Excellent suspense. It was liek an even scarrier version of the triffids.

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