STORY INFO
Cold Feet
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Author
John K Adams
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Danh mục
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Update
1 year ago
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Part Chapter
1/??
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66
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I watched Helen, my wife, my widow, drift through the house each day, like smoke wafting from an extinguished candle. I could relate. But what could I do? I was the ‘dearly departed’ whose passing sapped the juice from Helen’s life. That’s right. What could I do? How do I explain my being here at all? Neither here nor there, in or out… A presence within the absence. It’s admittedly hard to describe. Those...
Outstanding reviews
Some great lines here. You made me want the ghost to come through and reveal himself to his wife. Memories, the constant effect of loss, as well as the ghost trying to gently propel his wife to move forward were done with a subtle hand. Good story, not overplayed.
Thank you, Helen. This was fun to write. I'm glad it worked for you.
Thank you, Helen. This was fun to write. I'm glad it worked for you.
Lovely reflection on grief without being maudlin. Particularly like the way you pair the lifelessness of grief with actual lifelessness: ‘Like a ghost,’ I thought. ‘We have so much in common.’ This is nicely done, and I have to say, I was glad she saw him in the end.
Thank you, Laurel. It was an interesting challenge. Fun to write and an opportunity to go a little deeper. Glad it worked for you.
At first it seemed like a character study, but plot showed at the end. I don't believe in ghosts, but well done.
Yeah, I don't believe in ghosts either, but the story called. Glad you liked it.
Deftly delivered.🫥
Thanks, Mary.
So good.I love this analogy: But they felt they were shoring up a wall on the verge of collapse. Each stop-gap solution demanded more ambitious efforts. But short of a complete overhaul, what could they do? Bring in the cranes?The brief burst of violence at the end as a catalyst for Hank 'revealing' himself is well done and perfectly restrained.Great stuff John
Thank you, Derrick. Considering the topic, it was fun to write.
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