tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post6225917897669252445..comments2023-11-14T22:18:19.759-06:00Comments on A Twist Of Noir: A Twist Of Noir 546 - Richard GodwinChristopher Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11581243409967241320noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post-64469754198510175702010-08-31T14:48:03.235-05:002010-08-31T14:48:03.235-05:00Thank you to everyone for following this journey f...Thank you to everyone for following this journey from trauma to bloodshed. There was, ultimately, only one way it could end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post-48857295931778125052010-08-31T11:29:06.362-05:002010-08-31T11:29:06.362-05:00This was, the Saga overall, an unusual piece. It ...This was, the Saga overall, an unusual piece. It went from rather neatly composed crime writing to mythic prose woven around the same kind of plot pacing. By this piece, it was reading like a fable strewn with psychology and philosophy. I like the mythic tone, so that appealed, and I like the overall "journey" of the writing.<br /><br />I wasn't so certain about liking the ending. This could be because I was attached to the characters, could be because the actions of it so quickly rendered. I did enjoy the abruptness - it drove home the point that this entire Saga was one big "ending" - but the circumstances leave me feeling somewhat incomplete. I suppose that's not so bad a thing. As some have said here, it's a message itself.<br /><br />Overall, marvelous work, Richard. I thought the transformation of the prose was splendid and the characters were enchanting. <br /><br />My only regret is that there is no more to enjoy.M. C. Funkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00088827164403855506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post-74646032500601423682010-08-27T07:15:09.453-05:002010-08-27T07:15:09.453-05:00I knew they'd take each other out, someday. Ea...I knew they'd take each other out, someday. Each had no competition but for the other. Unsentimental, beautiful prose. Like congealed black blood. Graced with lines like: "And the latent wonder of excavation eluded him as if he was colour blind to a summer garden and saw only thorns"...WONDERFUL!<br />I love you, Godwin.Cindy Rosmushttp://blackpetalsks.tripod.com/yellowmama/index.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post-31424376303311125182010-08-15T07:46:50.368-05:002010-08-15T07:46:50.368-05:00Richard, this, more than the other parts of your s...Richard, this, more than the other parts of your skin tale, is the most poetic, which is saying quite a lot. Who but a few, including you, can write horror with a poet's hand? You remain at the top of my favorite writers.Salvatore Buttacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477098872186908154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post-87532027549474845192010-08-15T03:05:03.742-05:002010-08-15T03:05:03.742-05:00Brilliant prose, man.Brilliant prose, man.Cormac Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02990698766444728760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post-82299413895206027632010-08-14T21:15:21.383-05:002010-08-14T21:15:21.383-05:00Richard,
This was a great write and I am glad that...Richard,<br />This was a great write and I am glad that I got to it before my trip. <br /><br />It did have that "Natural Born Killers" vibe, I also liked that they were kind of dysfunctional, things don't work out easily.Lynn Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454071660605094177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post-42805497810743238082010-08-14T15:51:04.407-05:002010-08-14T15:51:04.407-05:00In this piece, there is horror of a much darker va...In this piece, there is horror of a much darker variety, and you bring us deeply into their poetic hollows, ending with a desolate Shakespearean death kiss.<br /><br />This last piece stands on its own, and is excellently written. Their solace in companionship, which even the blackest hearts crave. <br /><br />Wonderous, beautiful, and very very sick. ;-)Jodi MacArthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373591664178281529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post-67873731886906804512010-08-14T14:43:39.385-05:002010-08-14T14:43:39.385-05:00What a perfect ending to a fantastic series!
I...What a perfect ending to a fantastic series!<br /><br />I'm totally jealous...<br /><br />There is NO competition here.Coraline J. Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08904161212241564535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post-51229150337873240052010-08-14T11:34:30.909-05:002010-08-14T11:34:30.909-05:00"The vacuum in their souls became swollen.&qu..."The vacuum in their souls became swollen."<br /><br />Excellent writing. I really enjoyed the fresh language.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post-30689181518906403652010-08-14T09:28:30.308-05:002010-08-14T09:28:30.308-05:00Reason # 972,481 I'll never live in Arizona ag...Reason # 972,481 I'll never live in Arizona again.<br /><br />I give this a whole bushel of turnips!!<br /><br />Now, can I get shoes that match?quin brownehttp://www.quinbrowne.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post-28790091294168325892010-08-14T08:52:00.826-05:002010-08-14T08:52:00.826-05:00Well, Richard, this is the darnedest thing. I’m m...Well, Richard, this is the darnedest thing. I’m mired deep in the environment you created. Mick and Maxy, who were nothing, were something. Alone now, with them gone, I feel like being gone for being nothing. So. What a feat, conjuring a desolation that seeps into and envelops a reader like an unforseeable fog. What delicious melancholy. And all the most inspired words came to you to achieve it. It’s everything I live for: to swoon over otherworldly words and to find myself perfectly lost. Bravissimo!missalisterhttp://missalister.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post-2099780080464683682010-08-14T04:16:29.378-05:002010-08-14T04:16:29.378-05:00The insane thrown together can only end up destroy...The insane thrown together can only end up destroying one another. Distinctly reminiscent of Natural Born Killers. Might be why I dug it.Carrie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093923008179106837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post-54453910987837121762010-08-13T19:06:16.049-05:002010-08-13T19:06:16.049-05:00Lyrical. Lovers that are made for each other. A fi...Lyrical. Lovers that are made for each other. A fine capper to a fine series. I'll no doubt have nightmaresMichael Solenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120045114297450520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868832066925549024.post-30583454224333448572010-08-13T18:18:11.955-05:002010-08-13T18:18:11.955-05:00"As if an unseen hand was forging metal in th..."As if an unseen hand was forging metal in the dark" I got nothing. I'm not good enough to write <i>anything</i> that can sit in the same room with that. This thing is getting to be a flash flood that can only compete with itself. Keep writing, I'm reading.AJ Hayesnoreply@blogger.com