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rank 5457
word count 13529
date submitted 07.12.2011
date updated 08.12.2011
genres: Horror
classification: universal
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A Home by the Sea

Craig Saunders

In an idyllic home by the sea, a beautiful widow heals. But a dead man's coming. A dead man walking.

 

Irene Jacobs always wanted a home by the sea. A widow, pregnant with her dead husband's twins, she comes to the Blue House to heal and raise her babies.


But a dead man's walking. He's a bad man. The worst.


And he's come for her children.


To survive she'll have to face him in the room where her husband died. The room where so many people died at the hands of a psychopath who's returned from the grave...in the Black Room she'll meet the worst of her fears.


Sometimes, you have to lose everything to appreciate what's left.

 
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Karataratakas wrote 167 days ago

Wow, I have almost nothing negative to say, the only thing that really made me frown a bit was the odd paragraph formatting-- I though it worked well with the two passages about Irene considering becoming 'Irene Harris', as they were kind of like book-ends, but some of the others seemed a bit random, not their content, but just the way that they were formatted. Maybe splitting up the chapter differently will help?

Other than that, suberb characterisation, great pacing, brilliant style and an intriguing plot. Will be putting this one on my w-list! :)

Aesop wrote 169 days ago

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the opening chapter of this ‘horror’ story. You write with the flair and sureness of a practiced and proficient writer. You know your style and use it well.

The strong characterisation caught me pleasantly unexpectedly.

Your tendency for details overwhelmed me a bit at times, but I’d say that’s a style preference, and I’m guessing a LOT of readers here will LOVE it.

I myself was drawn to your sparer passages and scenes ... such as the one starting with the delivery driver, going on through to where Marc gets off the phone with Irene right up till he examines the mannequin and decides Irene might be able to use it. Really effective writing here.

I’ve starred and watchedlisted this and hope to come back and read further when you post more.

On your pitch: A powerful last line!

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