I don't know if this is cool for me to do per the Hooksexup protocol, but I'm the author of this piece and just wanted to say thanks for all your compliments. They made me feel good. Awfully kind of y'all.
--RB
10/17 |
I felt the air escape my lungs, like a punch to the stomach, as I finished the last line of this story. OOMPH. Earlier in the piece, I was drawn into the intimacy of similar arguments with my ex-girlfriend, similar distancing of longtime friendships, and similar awkwardness with me fucking the other couple's woman long ago. Drawn in, drawn in, drawn in... then the trap door opens, leaves me rushing down a chute where I just finally hit the bottom. OOMPH.
--gm
10/16 |
What's going on with me this morning? I wake up, turn on the tv and watch the remaining 45 minutes of St. Elmo's Fire. To see Demi in her youth before the magic of silicon. I started going down memory lane. Then I read your short story and the lane widens, and more sign posts pop up. Good read. Sparce word usage. You enabled me to visualize myself in the living room with my ex-wife wondering what to do or say as my college friends did the same. I have broken contact with all of my childhood friends from elementary through college as I have found we simply do not have much in common anymore. Such is life. I don't find this story depressing in the least. Life is change. Life is learning how to communicate one's true feelings. Life most people, the characters in this story will figure it out. It may take them longer than some. But as in life there is not longer or shorter; right or wrong; there is only the present. Keep up the good work
--rck
10/16 |
I thoroughly enjoyed this read... I'm definitely going to search out more of your writings...
--TEC
10/16 |
Tight writing, and crafty storytelling. Excellent. Visceral without being excessively jarring. When the punch line hits, I find a part of myself wistfully, plaitively whispering, "Dat's fucked up, yo." Cool.
--kewl
10/12 |
I am from Europe too-- and I find the story totally depressing, for the reasons the other European female listed and for a few others too. The characters are such sad people, all four of them.
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10/11 |
wow - - great stuff here. The turnaround at the end was just right. That "oh, I see" thing. And the emotions and relationship issues; parenthood. Spot on.
--sp
10/11 |
As a European female (only been two years in this country) in her mid-thirties I find this story terribly depressing and can't help myself from making some necessary observations: a)That couple abandoning their guests and going upstairs to have sex is extremely rude and a total show-off of the worst kind. b)Katherine and her boyfriend need to break up and get a life SOON before they end up like Sid and Nancy (but without the heroine). c) It sucks to see how much fun you used to have with certain friends at some point in your life and years later realize how they turned into total morons.
--bb
10/11 |
This is an amazing piece of work. It's one that captures what I think of as my generation's fatal flaw. We learned that there is a difference between sex and love, and that couples can play with couples, but we're just now learning what it means to grow old with those decisions. I love the ending, but most importantly, I love the way sexual transgressions mingle with more traditional social ones. That lends a credibility and reality to the emotions. I a saw a possible version of myself in ten years, and that shit was scary. Thanks for helping me make sure I don't fuck up the good love I just started...
--NDO
10/10 |
is this part of a novel? i would like to read more.
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10/10 |
Yep. that was great.
--CEM
10/10 |
Wow. Fantastic read.
--KJS
10/10 |
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