Comments on: her boy

By: DBA Lehane

DBA Lehane — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:04:08 +0000

In case the link doesn’t work:http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=145026

By: DBA Lehane

DBA Lehane — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:03:02 +0000

Excellent…powerful…gripping…disturbing! You just knew I’d love this, didn’t you?! If you start encroaching into my field too often I am going to become extrememly worried indeed!

I think you’ll enjoy this film short called Mercy – it has similarities with this and is worth watching (only 15 mins long).

By: davidbdale

davidbdale — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:28:36 +0000

Beautifully condensed material, Paisley! (Of course, by my count, it’s 38 words too long, but that’s just me.) The bloody nose is the perfect detail to undermine the rush-to-judgment theory. Well done.

By: Manictastic

Manictastic — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:48:25 +0000

It took me a while to get the story, because I didn’t have a clue what happened with the boy and how was able to free himself from a root cellar five years after she hanged herself, but then I thought, OMG he was kidnapped and she was sentenced for a crime she didn’t commit and one of the worst crimes you could ever blame a mother for. I also love your social commentary about America’s media frenzy about high-profile court trials.
You write very condensed and very thought-provoking. The black holes in the story really force us to compile the story through our own interaction with the words. I’d love to see what you do with longer stories. If you can keep this kind of style up, you might be the newest revelation in literature.

By: meleah rebeccah

meleah rebeccah — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:22:44 +0000

seriously…YOU RULE

By: Selma

Selma — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:59:23 +0000

This is so full of sorrow and loss. It has happened so often under so many different circumstances. The way you communicated the fact that she was capable of some things but never, never would she hurt the boy was so powerful. My heart broke for her. What must it be like to be accused of being a monster when all you’re guilty of is being lost? The melancholy in this piece is palpable.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:24:53 +0000

This is a powerful piece with a lot of realism. I too hate the lurid circus they call the “news.”

By: kellypea

kellypea — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:18:12 +0000

The media disgusts me. Your perspective powerfully, yet poignantly captures so much.

By: Rethabile

Rethabile — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:19:32 +0000

Nice read. Made me uncomfortable. True, too, as they convict innocent people by the hundreds. This could be a poem, as well. Hmmm.

By: vesper de vil

vesper de vil — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:57:23 +0000

i am the founder and editor of Glossolalia (http://www.glossolalia7.com), an on-line journal for flash fiction.

i am currently conducting a call for submissions for the inaugural issue of Glossolalia. all rights remain with the author.

if you are interested in submitting your work, please email submissions@glossolalia7.com.

thanks so much, and stay creative!!!

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