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Shattered Postcards
- TheRibbonOnMyWrist:
- I got so excited when I saw you post The Macabre Tales in this thread because your summary for this was hugely impressive to me. I feel like I may even have already told you I stumbled upon this story while brushing my teeth. I was so impressed by the poem, I had to bookmark it and read it later when I could really sit down with it and pay attention. I have to pay close attention to all of your writing, because it’s very detailed and involved, but it’s beautiful, so it’s most definitely worth the time spent.
The paragraph portion of the summary is pretty straightforward, though it does give the impression that the story itself is not so cut and dry. The combination of psychic visions, stroke of midnight stories, and an old, secret-riddled mansion—not to mention an unusual love story with the potential to be more of a nightmare than a dream—promises a good, twisting plot. That in and of itself had me hooked, but the poem really grabbed my attention.
For starters, I love that it’s a letter. That’s such a cool touch. A letter written in meter. I’m struggling for words here, it was so good. It really does set the scene and tone. I’m totally buying into the dark, dusty manor on the edge of a cliff crumbling into the sea. I remember reading a comment somewhere that said something about not using such a long quote from a poem in your summary. That may be the biggest compliment you can get. I read far worse from published poets, and I remain flabbergasted that such talent resides on little old mibba. Glancing over the poem the first time, I was a little iffy with all the rhymes, but you do it so well. I wouldn’t change a thing. It’s perfect.
I am appalled to say that I have fallen behind in your updates (who uses there e-mail nowadays??—show of hands!), but I will absolutely post a lengthy comment as soon as I’m caught up! This has become my favorite story on mibba. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DO NOT LEAVE IT HALF FINISHED.
January 6th, 2012 at 06:42am