tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post8539310052788080218..comments2023-09-16T17:06:50.847+01:00Comments on In Search of Perdition: The Prediction - opportunity knocksPhil Slomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12464183612097326811noreply@blogger.comBlogger168125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-49124432010918841652013-01-25T23:35:33.124+00:002013-01-25T23:35:33.124+00:00Thank you all! I love puns John. Thank you all! I love puns John. Cindy Vaskovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747628778627025130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-39456794199835910592013-01-25T19:54:28.294+00:002013-01-25T19:54:28.294+00:00Oh no! Why do I invision everything so vividly... ...Oh no! Why do I invision everything so vividly... Very chilling piece Phil. I do like the dark roots it brings on, a past of dreadful events. Gripping. Cindy Vaskovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747628778627025130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-78341840949853332262013-01-25T19:51:49.091+00:002013-01-25T19:51:49.091+00:00E p i c! Enjoyed this so much John. E p i c! Enjoyed this so much John. Cindy Vaskovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747628778627025130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-48132838559943013802013-01-25T19:49:26.195+00:002013-01-25T19:49:26.195+00:00This enchanting spell I will remember and it will ...This enchanting spell I will remember and it will haunt me. Excellent indeed. Cindy Vaskovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747628778627025130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-71914868395875122052013-01-25T19:47:54.492+00:002013-01-25T19:47:54.492+00:00"Seeing her reality, eccentric and horrible....."Seeing her reality, eccentric and horrible..." oh I can only imagine how horrid her reality is. <br /><br />This is a piece of mixed emotions. Well done. Cindy Vaskovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747628778627025130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-79202414004589921932013-01-25T19:37:23.042+00:002013-01-25T19:37:23.042+00:00This has an elvish feel to it. More, more! This has an elvish feel to it. More, more! Cindy Vaskovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747628778627025130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-87518774374118746362013-01-25T19:35:36.881+00:002013-01-25T19:35:36.881+00:00Sadness and sorrow flowing through this. God's...Sadness and sorrow flowing through this. God's a mocker. Cindy Vaskovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747628778627025130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-26712810443433942092013-01-25T19:33:55.192+00:002013-01-25T19:33:55.192+00:00Definitely a cheerfully grim tale! I am really lov...Definitely a cheerfully grim tale! I am really loving Skullface and his inner voice. Keep the installments coming! Cindy Vaskovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747628778627025130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-58044918616392712322013-01-25T19:25:33.471+00:002013-01-25T19:25:33.471+00:00Great voice to this. I am looking forward to Petti...Great voice to this. I am looking forward to Pettinger's "adventures" in society and such. Cindy Vaskovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747628778627025130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-63471447953535796292013-01-25T19:17:02.938+00:002013-01-25T19:17:02.938+00:00Aye, I echo the above - this needs be written in f...Aye, I echo the above - this needs be written in full! It's just so much in it. Cindy Vaskovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747628778627025130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-53099903027941313562013-01-25T19:13:49.681+00:002013-01-25T19:13:49.681+00:00That last sentence is brilliant! I rush to read mo...That last sentence is brilliant! I rush to read more in the other entries. Cindy Vaskovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747628778627025130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-55951701962190032742013-01-25T12:31:48.106+00:002013-01-25T12:31:48.106+00:00Wow, John. This will have me thinking all day. T...Wow, John. This will have me thinking all day. The quiet resignation to such a brutal truth reminds me of the way my Grandmother used to talk about the Great Depression. Great piece. Colleen Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07412149737386384036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-7949586052103551362013-01-24T21:51:33.343+00:002013-01-24T21:51:33.343+00:00Love the image of her oozing languidly down the st...Love the image of her oozing languidly down the stairs, makes me think of a slinky-dressed hollywood actress, sultry, predatory. Great story to fit in 100 words. =)John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-13243736747972801632013-01-24T21:49:13.243+00:002013-01-24T21:49:13.243+00:00What an opening image, what a powerful second para...What an opening image, what a powerful second paragraph, and what a cutting ending. (pun unintended) Brilliant.John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-59476404190140315022013-01-24T21:46:22.029+00:002013-01-24T21:46:22.029+00:00God? Looking in the wrong direction, Nate...
Brut...God? Looking in the wrong direction, Nate...<br /><br />Brutal stuff, great writing.John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-30790785347363167752013-01-24T21:44:56.668+00:002013-01-24T21:44:56.668+00:00And so, for the penultimate time, I bring this par...And so, for the penultimate time, I bring this party to a close. It will be a bit quieter round here in a couple of weeks I suspect but by then it will be all over to Colleen's place for a tale or two.<br /><br />Right, I'm off to judge so sit tight and I will kick start the next shindig shortly!Phil Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464183612097326811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-67621946523434158482013-01-24T21:43:22.683+00:002013-01-24T21:43:22.683+00:00It seems that our reporter stuck his nose where it...It seems that our reporter stuck his nose where it was not wanted and didn't like what he found. A darker version of She methinks but this lady has a totally different Fountain of Youth. The title plays so well with the final line.Phil Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464183612097326811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-77534443823307777392013-01-24T21:43:21.014+00:002013-01-24T21:43:21.014+00:00That is wonderful, absolutely wonderful. Once agai...That is wonderful, absolutely wonderful. Once again, a seemingly ordinary tale, focussed on corruption, twisted at the end into something greater, stranger and darker than anything I imagined was coming.John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-63418307862452543152013-01-24T21:40:06.451+00:002013-01-24T21:40:06.451+00:00Heh... this should be good... ;DHeh... this should be good... ;DJohn Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-31318584307685725742013-01-24T21:40:00.624+00:002013-01-24T21:40:00.624+00:00A biblical tale full of hope, belief and ultimatel...A biblical tale full of hope, belief and ultimately sacrifice. That line about stripping himself of earthly possessions will haunt my dreams tonight.Phil Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464183612097326811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-63222958328928175282013-01-24T21:36:45.679+00:002013-01-24T21:36:45.679+00:00Glad you made it, Zoë, I'd looked for your pos...Glad you made it, Zoë, I'd looked for your post earlier, and liked the forgiving of women's few eccentricities and bubbling screams.Sandra Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788472031698175632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-73123554872856087232013-01-24T21:36:12.008+00:002013-01-24T21:36:12.008+00:00I could feel each blow as they fell upon the creat...I could feel each blow as they fell upon the creature. My heart cries out in sympathy for her and then my head reminds me what she was going to do in the first place.Phil Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464183612097326811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-37854302447951718302013-01-24T21:34:46.260+00:002013-01-24T21:34:46.260+00:00Very tangible language that is fun to roll around ...Very tangible language that is fun to roll around the tongue, so much said with the italics too. =)John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-15729292922572805652013-01-24T21:31:37.708+00:002013-01-24T21:31:37.708+00:00Are we seeing the beginnings of a serial here John...Are we seeing the beginnings of a serial here John as these are the same characters as last week unless I am very much mistaken. Hinted steam punk with talk of the barons is overridden by the well wrought conversation between this pair. I can hear the voices so well in my head. Top stuff.Phil Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464183612097326811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100355327187734441.post-63175238328916329612013-01-24T21:27:37.605+00:002013-01-24T21:27:37.605+00:00How often a blind eye is turned when there is a pr...How often a blind eye is turned when there is a profit to be made. A dark tale to greet us with this week and I strongly suspect that Great Oak will add a few more branches over the years due to the complicitness of the locals.Phil Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464183612097326811noreply@blogger.com