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Published: July 31, 2012
Words: 2,058 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476035994
Short description
Carol Walsh, overprotective and pessimistic by nature, returns home late at night to find her daughter isn't there. When she is unable to contact her, Carol succumbs to her own fatalistic thoughts. A short story giving two different points of view of the events of a single night.Extended description
Carol Walsh, overprotective and pessimistic by nature, returns home late at night to find her daughter isn't there. When she is unable to contact her, Carol succumbs to her own fatalistic thoughts.A short story giving two different points of view of the events of a single night.
"I was captivated by the story right off" - Freetail Therapy review.
"The writing throws you smack dab in the middle of a mother's worry and drags you around with her until the very shocking end." - Ey Wade on Wade-in to Book Reviews.
Tags
thriller, suspense, fear, short story, mother, free, parenting, modern, texting, paranoia, twist endingAvailable ebook reading formats
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Reviews
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Review by:
Stacey
on Nov. 15, 2012 :
Nice story only thing is I had a reread the ending a few times.
(review of free book)
Review by:
J.S. Clark
on Aug. 03, 2012 :
Very effective thriller. Had the sense from the beginning that things were not all as they should be, and the nonchalant, real life prose make you want to scream "pay attention!" to Mathieson's characters. By the end I was definitely involved.
On the other side, I was a little bit jarred at first by the in-text txting. It just sort of a hiccup. The format took a little getting used to, the way it breaks the text. By the end the function adds to the tension, but I'm on the fence about whether it might have been better as txting as dialogue or just in a line rather than block.
Very good.
(review of free book)
Review by:
Sarah H
on Aug. 03, 2012 :
Hahaha I loved this! It goes from terrific writing to the sloppy, realistic text message grammar. The story might be short but it gave me goosebumps. Super well done for such a short story!
(review of free book)
Review by:
Karen Reckard
on Aug. 01, 2012 :
Really good short thriller! Loved it!
(review of free book)