Review: Well-written with a creep factor
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 12, 2011
"Waif" by Nigel Edwards is a short story that is gripping from the very beginning.  Even though it starts out in the kitchen of Great House with Waif washing and scrubbing off the table in the kitchen getting it ready for Cook to prepare Young Master's dinner, there is an atmosphere of darkness, a feeling that something is going to happen and it won't be good.Waif, as described, is just that, an orphan brought to the House to serve.  The other staff members, who are few, help her and teach her to perform her duties fairly patiently and she is obedient and kind.It might sound like a sweet story but it turns into a horror story by building up the tension from the first page as Waif cleans the table and then goes on to her other duties.  By the time Cook's dinner is served, it is well on its way to the ending of the story that you'd never guess.Well-written and very enjoyable short story that I recommend to other readers.