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l.foss

"Hope this short story is in print some where! magazine possibly or book of short stories. Very well written. Good plot and held my interest throughout. keep writing your a good story teller. Good luck !!!"

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Silly character name throws everything off balance

"The problem with a story with a character who is a sherrif named “Justice Law” is that it is difficult to take anything that follows the introduction of this character seriously. For “The Timeless Sands” this means that taking this story seriously becomes a challenge three words into the story. Worse still, he is your main protagonist! The story confuses me because I get the sense that you want the reader to experience suspense, dread and drama, but in a story where the name of the main character is a derivative joke and we’ve met a talking lizard (who brushes off his ability to talk with the cliché: “too difficult to understand”, which oftentimes betrays the author could not come up with a sensible explanation or simply couldn’t be bothered to try. This hardly ever flies in science fiction). What this story evokes is an uncomfortable chuckle and a deep frown. As far as grammar and spelling goes, no errors caught my eye. The writing style and plot are simple but serviceable. I just don't see the point of such a silly, on-the-nose, character name, it feels out of place. I'm confused by this story, by what it wants to be and what it wants me to feel. Everything cancels each other out, leaving a flatline of thoughts and emotions."

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