Comments on: Episode 9: Around The Bend by Maria Schneider http://dunesteef.com/2008/09/17/page-172-around-the-bend-by-maria-schneider/ The Best Short Stories in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Other Genres Tue, 08 May 2012 19:08:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Doug McIntire http://dunesteef.com/2008/09/17/page-172-around-the-bend-by-maria-schneider/#comment-54 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:55:03 +0000 http://dunesteef.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-54 I enjoyed the story a lot. Maybe it’s because I’m in Leander and Cedar Park is the neighboring town.

Anyway, I always think that the thing you almost see, out of the corner of your eye, or the reflection in the mirror, can be pretty spooky.

Thanks for a good tale,

~Doug

]]> By: Listener http://dunesteef.com/2008/09/17/page-172-around-the-bend-by-maria-schneider/#comment-45 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:57:51 +0000 http://dunesteef.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-45 I didn’t really enjoy this story. It seemed like it could’ve been done better if it was faster or shorter. The whole dog-into-field thing was too procedural, and I really had trouble connecting Our Hero’s figuring it out and what actually happened. It just didn’t work for me.

From a technical standpoint, please put more pauses between narrtion and dialogue. It makes it less jarring.

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