RE: Love Not Hate, a Short Story
This is just too real! I spend a lot of time on Twitter, as you know and am astonished by the amount of intolerance there. It's either yes or no, good or bad. And opinions expressed with such vitriol. Thank heavens for the block button, although I've only had to use that a couple of times.
I love the way you pick one personal detail, constitutional elimination, as a thread to tie the piece together and also to make the character real.
Extremely well written, although I would have preferred that she just get a bit mauled and not end up in a puddle of blood. I'm assuming she is no more, because "She'll never need that colonoscopy now". It's kind of funny, but also a bit dark :))
BTW: I see you cross-posted my Larry story. Thank you!! I'm so impressed that you know what you are doing. I'm not that clever. I even get lost in the comment section sometimes.
With admiration for your skill (both technical and literary)
AG
hahahahaha! I have NEVER been admired for my technical skill before! lol You just made my day.
Maybe I didn't have to off Elsie, but writing that story took me many hours and writing a mere mauling scene would have taken even more time, so I opted for offing her. I actually also did quite a bit of research looking into campus harassment of conservative students, which I probably should have put links to (you are so good at that), but again, MORE TIME.
It's ridiculously easy to crosspost, but it's weird. All that red is pretty ugly, and some of the communities don't like it, so I only did it that once. I was just trying it out.
Thanks for your support!!!