Comments on: Escape Pod Flash Fiction Contest, Third Place: Karakuri

By: RESSOURCES FOR THOSE WHO HELP

RESSOURCES FOR THOSE WHO HELP — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:28:19 +0000

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By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:05:38 +0000

Saved! I loved the beginning, the whole yearning of a beautiful woman by an unworthy man thing. I gave up on the middle and thought that I had another bomb. Then the end saved it. In retrospect it should have been obvious but I didn’t catch on during the narration so it worked for me very well. It’s rare to find a good flash. It is undoubtedly the hardest thing to write well but this story pulled itself off. Kudos to Gideon.

By: Evo Shandor

Evo Shandor — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:41:54 +0000

This was cool!

Great flash fiction instead of vignettes which one tends to find masquerading as a story. Conflict, plot, a character we could care about, unique idea.

Best of all, it didn't have to break narrative point of view, unlike the winning story.

This should have won.

By: scatterbrain

scatterbrain — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:16:04 +0000

People! People, please! Upon discovery of a quantum black hole please do not do as this fictional character did in this dangerous, misleading story, and instead phone your local Quantum Fluctuation Discrepancy Agency for assistance. Be save, live safe...with cosmic potholes.

Issued by the Council for Quantum Discrepancy Control(CQDC)

By: devora

devora — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:11:29 +0000

This was hilarious!

By: Raving_Lunatic

Raving_Lunatic — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:15:12 +0000

I liked this, but would have preffered it if it had ended with a little brave-new-world sort of speech. I think it would fit.