Review: Gifted Storytelling of a Parent's True Love for a Child. . .
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 23, 2012
This brief well-written short story excellently portrays a father's love for his son, despite his own doubts as to the child's true parentage.  Amazingly complex and unique in its use of the snowy owl imagery and the fairy tale fantasy all children have of an "alternate" life and family in a faraway kingdom, The Snow Owl culminates in the ultimate fears of every parent for the safety and survival of a child, no matter the perceived threat.Favorite Quote: ". . .But as he raised the shovel overhead to shatter the snow owl, Ben felt the strength and resolve go out of his limbs. He couldn't do it; he couldn't bear to cause Eric pain, even to protect him from the strange and supernatural threat of the snow owl. . .and maybe Eric's biological father really was the king of that improbable place; and maybe, like any father, he only wanted his son with him. The snow owl wasn't a threat to Eric; it was a threat to Ben."For a self-published short story, this story rivals some I've read recently in mainstream publishing. I will definitely be looking forward to reading more from this author.