STORY INFO
What's Your Favourite Type of Pie?
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Author
Chris Miller
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Categories
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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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Reads
72
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“How long have you been doing this?”“Twenty-five years, sir.”“Remember your first, do you?”He did.*The air was so cold that the thick skin of clean white gloss that covered the roo...
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I find the murderer's accusing the executioner of murder to be ironic in the extreme. Of course a good man could do what the executioner does; his job, while grim, is morally good. But the murderer, set to die, cannot or will not see that.
What a powerful punch this story packs! Really well written - you build up the tension ever so subtly with the realistic-sounding dialogue between uncle and nephew. Bravo!
Thank you very much, Shirley. Pleased you enjoyed it.
I've heard that hangings are a very precise thing to calculate, but this puts that reality into sharper focus. Well done.
Thanks for reading, Kailani.
This is unapologetically dark and I love it. We’re rooting for Albert to see the light but we know it’s not going to happen. A really cool depiction of executioners, though I couldn’t quite get a read on when exactly this historical fiction takes place. Makes sense that Albert used to be a butcher’s apprentice, he’s probably already desensitized to animal death, and that’s the first step to becoming desensitized to human death.
Thanks Luciano. It's set in the '50s, but there isn't much to give the time away unless you already knew a little bit about Albert Pierrepoint. Maybe a line about his post war work would have helped fix it. Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment.
Thanks Luciano. It's set in the '50s, but there isn't much to give the time away unless you already knew a little bit about Albert Pierrepoint. Maybe a line about his post war work would have helped fix it. Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment.
Thanks very much, Tom. Your comment has made my day.
This is very well-written! I love the juxtaposing between the dirty work and the clean halls, intaking facts and figures as a way of coping with killing a human being. When something so dark becomes so practiced there's tips of the trade.
Thank you, Trevor. Pleased you enjoyed it.
Thank you, Trevor. Pleased you enjoyed it.
Thanks Michal. It's a very grim, but fascinating thing to think about. I had a bit about how the process was mechanised/industrialised linked to him being a butcher and equipment like the guillotine and electric chair, but it was all getting a bit flabby. It makes more sense if he doesn't think too deeply about it.
Chilling tale. You tell so well.Thanks for liking my Hometown Boy
Thanks for reading, Mary.
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