Short Story / Abandoned Love

        I see that look in your eyes, darling, and it makes me so hot.  I wish this magic moment could last forever.  Your eyes stare deeply into mine, and your breath comes in short gasps.  Oh, it won’t be long now, no, not long at all.  You’ll cross that threshold and go over the edge as never before.  And I will find my release and reach new heights of ecstasy.

        As my hands close around your throat, your lovely blue eyes widen even further, and I can see right into your soul.  Your skin feels so smooth and warm against my hands.  I want to kiss your trembling lips.  I am so lucky to have found you.  My love, you are the only one for me.

        You’re almost there, aren’t you?  Yes, I can tell.  Tiny beads of sweat form on your forehead, and your beautiful eyes bulge out from your face.  And that little choking sound!  Oh God, you know how that turns me on!  Oh, yes.  Any second now.  That’s it.  That’s it.  My whole body feels like it’s melting.  It’s never been this good before.  Oh yes, yes. . . . .

        It must have been good for you too, my darling.  You look so peaceful.  You must be exhausted after all this excitement.  You need to rest.  I’ve already prepared a nice place for you.  Let me put you in there.  Yes, that’s better.  You look rather cold.  Let me cover you with some dirt.  Yes, that should keep you warm.

        I guess it’s all over between us now, isn’t it, my love?  It’s a shame these relationships never last.  Perhaps I’ll have better luck with the next one.

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March 10, 2008

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February 09, 2007

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“Oh, it won’t be long now, no, not long at all.”- Break this up into two sentences.

“You’ll cross that threshold and go over the edge as never before.  And I will find my release and reach new heights of ecstasy.”- Add a comma and make this one sentence.

“As my hands close around your throat, your lovely blue eyes widen even further, and I can see right into your soul.”- Break this into two sentences.  Two seperate ideas means two seperate sentences.

“I guess it’s all over between us now, isn’t it, my love?”- Strike the second comma.

Also, I hope the body is hidden well ;)  

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February 07, 2007

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Good style! It was an intriguing read. Emotions were very well played and I liked the way I was mislead to thinking it was “for adults only”

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February 06, 2007

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Aside from reminding me of the A Perfect Circle song, ‘Blue’, I have to say I didn’t like this much at all.  Perhaps it was too short, but I think it was more the sort of failed attempt to make it seem as though your characters were having sex.  I think this could have been better done in third person.  I’m sure this was meant to be an internal monologue, and that this was meant to be twisted and make the reader jump at the end.  It didn’t work.  

Maybe try to… lengthen the piece, add a little more of the narrator, rather than having the story focus solely on the victim.  The first sentence definitely needs improvement.  Right now, it reads as something out of Mills and Boone, and I think you need more tenderness to have us believe there is a relationship.  This is too brute and physical to be perceived as romantic.  

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February 06, 2007

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Writing style, excellent.  Subject, not so. :)
Congratulations on a quick and compelling read. As soon as I saw the words ‘hands close around your throat’, I guessed the ending wouldn’t be great.  Maybe if you paraphrased that line, you’d keep the reader guessing a little bit more.  I loved your short and sharp sentences and your question marks and stops.  Again, well done; I hope you weren’t writing from experience. :)  

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February 06, 2007

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this is short, even for flash fiction. there is a lot of cliche in this piece. the suject is creepy, but I don’t get any real feel for a murderer. The comparison of murder to orgasm is something I come across a lot – to make this piece really pop (without lengthing, which you don’t seem interested in) I would suggest a more obscure comparison.

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February 02, 2007

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I’m not so sure about this. It seems unredeemed, in the sense that it goes to no trouble to justify itself. It may be that the story of a killer has merit in that it explains motivation, or it may be a detective story – I’m not saying it needs to carry a message, but it does need to carry substance. To focus in this way on the man’s satisfaction at a single incident seems shallow water and there’s almost an implication for the reader (which I’m sure isn’t intended) that the character should be sympathised with. I’m not really having any ideas about how to fix that, other than to open the story up in both theme and length. Decide what you want to say here, what you want the reader to take away. The writing is fine, truly, but the subject is odd.

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February 02, 2007

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Hokey-smokes, that’s some creepy imagery! Actually, I mean that in a possitive way. Your first paragraph left me thinking I’m about to read a very well written bit of errotica. The voyeur in me said “oh yeah!”

The next line turns the whole thing from sexy to horrifying, and it’s gets worse from that point on (meaning your imagery gets better/creepier).

Excellent job. You caught a strong mood in very few words.

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