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Thursday, October 21, 2021

Vengeance Week | Thumbs Down | Short Story Review | AstraDaemon

"Vengeance never forgets to inflict." ~James Meikle


HELLO, BOBBY by Matthew Whitney is written in an odd format, as if this is a proposal for a script, rather than something reader-friendly. Essentially a teacher is murdered during school hours, and the investigation reveals paranormal events.

Looking past the awful writing style, there is zero chracter development, and the author just randomly throws in shocking details about Bobby in an attempt to create suspense (spoiler: it doesn't work).

This is the kind of story which makes people reluctant to give indie authors a chance. What a shame.

As always,
AstraDaemon

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