Andre M. Pietroschek

Well-written minimalism, and the title tells us all, what to expect!

Kudos for the idealism. Though, I had my share of life lessons on negative circumstances kept going on for the establishment's convenience. ``Thoughts rarely turn people into misanthropes, a toxic society in denial always does!´´

A nice mini-story on better not allowing regimes to go on.

Cornwall by Lee Thompson

What starts as a little escape trip from London (Sherlock City, since Benedict Cumberbatch), turns into the horrid discovery of a lifetime to hubby and wife.

I also appreciate that it is not another Lovecraftian copycat within which all are relatives to some supernatural species.

The format is flawless, and if there are any grammar issues, then I am too Non-Native-Speaker and too ill-educated to even notice a single one.

Writing style is fluent and believable. So are the characters (and doggies).

Thanks for sharing!

While literally nothing but known & oldschool horrormovie cliche, this story is entertaining, because the author makes it a worthy read.

The characters are believable and we get enough info to follow the story. The story flow is also unbroken, albeit a bit lengthy, which takes quite some writing skill (no loss of what is going on & what already happened).

The ending is also classic, a classic scorned nowadays, but being older myself: Such were the writing standards & expectations, some decades ago.

Thanks for sharing!

The prose and format are pretty good, and were appreciated. Sadly I did not only find the overdose of aliens & superpowers to lower the value aka quality of it, but got a bit bored by the lengthy intro.

For some reason I got the intuitive hint at 'Jack the Ripper' early on, and I had the feeling I had read this story before.

Invincible killers who get away with everything, just like invincible vigilantes who are never really endangered, can reduce the thrill of a story.

To me this is a 3 star story at the very best, but it being the first I read on this website I assign 4 stars.

With the fuss which was made about my stories, format, punctuation, and readability I was pretty surprised that other authors are not checked at all.

'The dimming of the light' makes it harder to read, as it does not separate the story text from dialogues, and I don't wish to read 30 more parts presented that way.

Contextually the chapter is too short, as it barely gives me a scene and plot to imagine before it ends. The trick is to make the readers want to read more, not to declare a single page a chapter.

As I did not voluntarily review this I give 4 stars anyway.

Thanks for sharing.

I appreciated the minimalism and honesty of the topic. I hope you wrote it to 'wrestle your inner demons' or for transparencies sake, as being sick of this life has become pretty common in this new age of emotionally crippled narcissists and online-trolls.

You could decide for more creative figures of speech, but if you feel it is right, as it is, then keep it that way.

Thanks for sharing. Oh, and I could add that 'I burn to ashes' is one option, still I know that 'Ashes' are a sort of trees. So one could burn like a dried ash... ;-)