Review: Lovely quick escape read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 25, 2011
Shorter stories are tough.  You have to set up the story, characters, scene--everything in an economical fashion without looking rushed.  You have to leave the reader feeling it was long enough to get the stories within the story spelled out. Some can't do in 200 pages what this writer managed to do in 70 pages.  The characters are all nicely fleshed out, even the supporting ones.  There are a few tokens, such as the lecherous boss and the ditzy sister, but even she gets her say in the end.  This story is well worth the cost in money and time to read it.  I admire the writer's relaxed prose. It takes many rewrites to achieve that relaxed, flowing story style.  For once, in the short story, the length was just right.