Just Desserts
The jungle hides many sins.24 total reviews
Comment from Wayne Fowler
Very well done. Good work.
The only question I had was Coy moving to Brazil. Did he speak Portuguese as well as English and Spanish?
Amber being worse than Coy is a nice twist.
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reply by the author on 05-Dec-2023
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Very well done. Good work.
The only question I had was Coy moving to Brazil. Did he speak Portuguese as well as English and Spanish?
Amber being worse than Coy is a nice twist.
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Comment Written 19-Nov-2023
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2023
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You are correct,Sir! I added a line to catch that . Thank you!
Comment from Karen Cherry Threadgill
Perfection. Using a sneaky little bland picture. Your writing was so involving, I just followed wherever you led. He was so narcissistic. His personality absorbed me. Extremely good work. Karen
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2023
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Perfection. Using a sneaky little bland picture. Your writing was so involving, I just followed wherever you led. He was so narcissistic. His personality absorbed me. Extremely good work. Karen
Comment Written 19-Nov-2023
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2023
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Thank you for the sweet sixer, Karen. I thought this might be a little too dark to win, but so far so good. You are always so very supportive! Hope all is well.
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I thought at first how naughty you were. You wrote so fiendishly, It was so raw and visceral I cringed, but I kept reading. This writing was marvelous. Pat yourself on the back. Karen
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Everybody needs a spanking every now and then, Karen. But I made sure that Coy got his just Desserts in the end.
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Only bare handed dear :-)
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Butt of course.
(You see what I did there?)
Comment from karenina
Yikes! Congratulations on a spine chilling story!
(And I thought you were such a nice man!)
That so much of Coy is based on your interaction with Froude makes this another whole level of terrorizing!
Metaphorically I delighted that Amber morphed into the animal in control...and you wrote her transformation brilliantly.
I rarely attempt to dive into suggestions for prose, as I realize my shortcomings...
Yet I was so taken with this story, Doug, forgive my awkward attempt at suggestions below...
Maybe there will be one or two things you'll see fit to consider.
If not, know I am invested enough to try!
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Question: The story began with him in a cabin...
Further on you write:
"He made his way to the abandoned cabin a few hours later and waited."
I'm unclear what transpired here.
He relocated to another cabin?
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Note:
"He was born as Wayne Muller," (I think you could eliminate the "as")
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"Coy was in his late thirties and had dark black hair and bore a five 'o'clock shadow."
Tighten it up by eliminating the first "and"
"Coy was in his late thirties, had dark black hair, and bore a five o'clock shadow"
(Isn't all black hair dark?)
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"he never gave it much further thought."
maybe choose much or further but not both?
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"but when talking the locals picked up on his dialect immediately, which identified him as a foreigner. "
how about "but when the locals heard his dialect they immediately identified him as a foreigner"
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"only this time he finished the sexual act with her in a dark alleyway."
"sexual act" seems too detached.
This perv calls it as it is!
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"That was when he grasped the realization that nobody cared ..."
How about "that was when he realized nobody cared..."
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"and dead seventeen-year-old girl photos were slid across the table."
Maybe "photos of the dead seventeen-year-old were slid across the table..."
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"A few other discoveries were that the boat pilot left each night, for at least a half-hour, to collect firewood."
Maybe, "He observed that the boat pilot..."
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"He would dominate her so completely until she.."
Maybe eliminate "so"
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"He had to pass through a small grove of trees"
How about "He passed through..."
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Check spelling-
"He would never masterbate". (masturbate)
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I'm way out over my skis!
This hooked me fast and reeled me in!
Karenina
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reply by the author on 05-Dec-2023
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Yikes! Congratulations on a spine chilling story!
(And I thought you were such a nice man!)
That so much of Coy is based on your interaction with Froude makes this another whole level of terrorizing!
Metaphorically I delighted that Amber morphed into the animal in control...and you wrote her transformation brilliantly.
I rarely attempt to dive into suggestions for prose, as I realize my shortcomings...
Yet I was so taken with this story, Doug, forgive my awkward attempt at suggestions below...
Maybe there will be one or two things you'll see fit to consider.
If not, know I am invested enough to try!
--
Question: The story began with him in a cabin...
Further on you write:
"He made his way to the abandoned cabin a few hours later and waited."
I'm unclear what transpired here.
He relocated to another cabin?
----
Note:
"He was born as Wayne Muller," (I think you could eliminate the "as")
----
"Coy was in his late thirties and had dark black hair and bore a five 'o'clock shadow."
Tighten it up by eliminating the first "and"
"Coy was in his late thirties, had dark black hair, and bore a five o'clock shadow"
(Isn't all black hair dark?)
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"he never gave it much further thought."
maybe choose much or further but not both?
----
"but when talking the locals picked up on his dialect immediately, which identified him as a foreigner. "
how about "but when the locals heard his dialect they immediately identified him as a foreigner"
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"only this time he finished the sexual act with her in a dark alleyway."
"sexual act" seems too detached.
This perv calls it as it is!
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"That was when he grasped the realization that nobody cared ..."
How about "that was when he realized nobody cared..."
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"and dead seventeen-year-old girl photos were slid across the table."
Maybe "photos of the dead seventeen-year-old were slid across the table..."
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"A few other discoveries were that the boat pilot left each night, for at least a half-hour, to collect firewood."
Maybe, "He observed that the boat pilot..."
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"He would dominate her so completely until she.."
Maybe eliminate "so"
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"He had to pass through a small grove of trees"
How about "He passed through..."
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Check spelling-
"He would never masterbate". (masturbate)
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I'm way out over my skis!
This hooked me fast and reeled me in!
Karenina
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Comment Written 19-Nov-2023
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2023
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Thank you, dear friend! I incorporated many of these changes and am hoping your fixes send me smiling into victory while stomping out my adversaries at every turn while howling with glee!!!
Okay, maybe just a high five will do.
Thank you!
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Ha ha ha....
I suffer from prose imposter syndrome and worried you would be thinking, "Who the devil dog does she think she is?"
Still!
I loved your story and wanted to try to offer some suggestions!
May fives and sixes be with you!
May I hear you howling!
:)
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I will never turn down constructive help! Especially from you, my friend. For some reason I miss a lot of errors in my own works. Ha!
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Me too. Odd, that!
Comment from Iza Deleanu
Wow, beautiful and intense story with a happy ending, well not for the monsters, but what goes around comes around. Thank you for sharing and good luck with the contest.
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2023
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Wow, beautiful and intense story with a happy ending, well not for the monsters, but what goes around comes around. Thank you for sharing and good luck with the contest.
Comment Written 19-Nov-2023
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2023
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Thank you, Iza! We shall see how it does! Appreciate the Six Stars!