Outstanding! This is without a doubt the best story dealing with prejudice I’ve ever read. I especially love the surprise at the end with the telecomp call.

Thanks! Actually, that ending snuck up on me. About the time I was writing the last paragraphs of the interview, I realized who the narrator needed to be. A few minor tweaks made it all fit like I had planned it.

What the hell? How does this only have 16 views? This was beautiful.

I'm guessing that it's because I posted this and other, older stories of mine before very many people were watching me. A lot of people who have found me through  poetigress's Thursday writing Prompts probably haven't gone through my gallery. *shrugs*

Thank you for the fave, by the way.

PT was right, this is really, really good. I think what made this story stand out, was doing it from the narrator's point of view, and then revealing that person at the end. It added an incredible amount of suspense to the whole piece. Very well done, and I loved the very last line.

*bows* Thank you, good sir. I'm glad you liked it. And thank you kindly for the fav.

I, too, loved this. It was well worth the fave.

And like the previous commentor, I also think the ingeniousness of this piece comes from having the narrator revealed. Great, no, excellent, work.

Many thanks for your kind praise. And thank you also for the fav!

Much welcomeness. ^.~

Nice story you've got there.

Thank you!

Beautiful story, progression, and all that jazz. A writing I'd expect to have seen in an English class textbook, albeit less... something or other than the usual works you'd find. But it's a good something to lack, to be sure. =]

I'm glad you think it's worthy to have school kids reading it. I read quite a few good stories in some of my English class textbooks.

Thanks for the comment, and for the fave, too!

This was really cool

Thank you very much!

Wow, this is great! :D

Thank you, glad you liked it!

Interesting story. The interview scene suffers a little bit with the two characters being talking heads. The character's background story was nice and the ending scene with his adoptive mother really made the story. It was a nice surprise and gave a good emotional closer to it.

Thank you. And yes, I do dread doing scenes between only two people. I'm simply not that good at keeping things freshly entertaining when I'm writing a tennis match of dialogue.

I'll need to think about this one, because even though I have reservations about the way the story has been presented (with a "one punch" gimmick ending that puts too much weight on the finally-revealed identity of the narrator, an ending that shifts the focus away from the interesting ideas and conflicts at the heart of the tale), the story is both readable and meaningful -- qualities hard to find in FA stories.

I'll read it a few more times, and send you a note.







Mark Usk

I know the story is like, five years old...
But god I love it ;w;

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it so much! And thanks for the fave, as well.

Glad I fished up this little gem, I quite enjoyed it. It will be a pleasure to search the rest of your gallery.

Thank you for the kind words and the fave. I hope you find my other submissions worth your time. =)

This was amazing. 9.9/10. I only wish it was a little bit longer...

Thanks! As an interview this is a bit short. I had other things I wanted to put in, questions I wanted Melenda to ask him but I was worried about distracting the reader from the central point. Sometimes you have to compromise with yourself about what you want to put in a story versus what the story needs and doesn't need.

I have a vague memory of you mentioning this before and (to my shame) I haven't read it until now. It's a masterpiece. Storyline, topic, pacing, characterisation, relevance — everything is just *perfect*. I salute you, WW: you are a craftswolfsheepthing par excellence.

Doesn't matter how long after the fact the praise comes. It still does my heart good to know folks appreciate my scribbles. Thanks for the kind words, MooGrr.