Review: Short is No Excuse
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2011
In my opinion, there are two criteria that must be met in a short story to make it a GOOD short story.  1) You need enough description to understand the main plot points, and 2) there needs to be a definitive ending.  Unfortunately, THEY had neither of these.  You can call the creatures/things/whatnots "they" - but without description you'll still have no idea what type of "they" the author is trying to convey.  And a few ...... after the last word of the story does not an ending make.  Which, in all honesty, is a true shame, because Vincent Hobbes is a good writer.  That fact will make me look up more of his work, but I truly ended up disappointed with this short tale.