I really like that if the story calls for a woman, a woman reads the story and so. I know it seems very basic but it means a great. Thank you.

I watch a fair amount of gorey movies. I will say, I look away, and skip over bits that look as if they will be painful.

I am told some of the stories I have told are gorey. No matter what I write, it never bugs me, and in researching I rarely find something too over the top, but a movie… Fast forward. EWE.

I only care for gore where it is called for, just like sex, not every story needs them, so do.

Once again any story that has a since of place is richer than one that does not. Stories like this shows how we are basicaly a like, fear and pain, even if culture and goegraph, ect. pulls a part, under, we are the same.

Unless of course there is something… hidden.

Hey, there’s real people on the earth named White.

Sure, the cross-cultural content had merit, but simply portraying a fascinating culture doesn’t give the author a free pass for writing a tale with three thousand words or so before anything really happens. And yes, I realize we are given lots of pertinent information during this early-to-mid chunk of the tale, and I don’t fault that, but it just didn’t hook me in the marrow like other stories here have. Just my two cents.

Mur, I agree with past comments that your commentary is a lot better when you just relax and open up a bit, as you do on some of the other ‘casts you work on. With this tale, it felt forced, like you were trying too hard to be witty and clever. Just be yourself.