The Last Reflection of the Marionette Man
by Christian Larsen
Price: Free! 1970 words.
Published on August 14, 2011. Fiction.
A murderer gloats over his latest kill, another teenager lured to his home with drugs and alcohol. As he talks through his accomplishment, the reader is given chilling insight into the mind of a serial killer and the conflict in each of us between desire and doing right. These at-odds urges result in a startling climax as the Marionette Man converses with himself … for the last time.
Location: United States
Member Since: Aug. 14, 2011
Christian Larsen
Biography
Christian grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has worked as a high school English teacher, a radio personality, a newspaper reporter, and a printer’s devil. His influences include J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen King, and Ray Bradbury. His short story “Bast” appears alongside the work of Graham Masterton, Ramsey Campell, and Joe R. Lansdale in the anthology What Fears Become: An Anthology from The Horror Zine (Imajin Books). He lives with his wife and two sons in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Where to find Christian Larsen online
Website: http://www.exlibrislarsen.com
Twitter: exlibrislarsen
Twitter: exlibrislarsen
- exlibrislarsen: Heather Royston of She Never Slept says WHAT FEARS BECOME "is absolutely the best #anthology I have ever read.” #horror http://t.co/sMAsWJWR
- exlibrislarsen: Update on THE GHOST IS THE MACHINE http://t.co/SRoAG0sY
- exlibrislarsen: Really should write today. Skipped yesterday, too. Managing my boys is like herding cats, though. I feel like sleeping for a thousand years.
- exlibrislarsen: @KeiraKroft66 I've written mostly short stories, and it doesn't look like you're open to submissions, but to answer more directly, I dunno.
- exlibrislarsen: 759 more words tonight in my #WIP #novel. 1998 words for the day. Finished chapter 20 to reach 58.9k words. #amwriting http://t.co/zJvykEKo
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Smashwords book reviews by Christian Larsen
- Letting Go
on Sep. 17, 2011
(no rating)
Rachelle Williams has a nice beginning to a longer work in "Letting Go". It could stand some polishing, though. For a narrative so short, it's way too non-linear: there are scene-breaks literally nearly every paragraph or so. In addition, the narrator explains, rather than shows, what is or was happening. Lastly, the use of present tense is pretty jarring. It would read better past tense. But a good story IS brewing here--it's just not done yet.