Review: Waif, not ..the Waif...a very entertaining short story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 28, 2011
I have to admit it took me a page or two to figure out that the author had chosen to define the characters by their roles and not their names. I did for a short moment think that he had perhaps had a slight language black hole. The story is about Waif, who is indeed a waif with a birthmark and she lives in Great House with Young Master (you get it now, right...and can maybe understand why I had to read the first two pages twice). Is she the solution to an ancient family curse? I won't go into too many details, it would give away the story. Suffice to say the writer does actually explain his different approach at the end of the story. I enjoyed it and the whole "no the" issue made me chuckle, as I was saying it out loud when I read, which I am sure is a sign of total language OCD. Very entertaining.Waif (A fantasy short story from Greyhart Press)