Comments for Damn Short Stories

Comment on Codey Cooksie and the Cookie Vampire by lhoneythunder

lhoneythunder — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:35:15 +0000

Was searchin for some short stories through the web and came across this one by a quirk of fate – I know it’s over half a year old, but just wanted to say I really enjoyed it, good stuff.

Comment on Rolled by J. A. Platt

J. A. Platt — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:32:14 +0000

That’s great! Nice twist and you packed a lot in 150 words. I liked the comic style dialog and the twist made me laugh loud enough to confuse my coworkers.

“It’s just a feelin’ I got” he said, bobbing on his heels I want to pop him too.

When I heard the pop ring out from my gun hand This threw me a little, the word ‘pop’ didn’t register immediately as a gun sound. I had to go back and read it again. Maybe ‘bang’ or some harsher onomatopoeia.

Comment on One Last Christmas by Bear

Bear — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:58:25 +0000

Eh. It was okay.

Comment on Something different: A Question of Culture by deus ex why zed » ThursdayTales Roll Call 16.7.2010

deus ex why zed » ThursdayTales Roll Call 16.7.2010 — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:32:26 +0000

[...] A Question of Culture, jasongw I found jasongw’s post in the abovementioned story at io9 about ThursdayTales. Since I had overlooked it, it seemed only right to include it in the TTRC. While he did not link a specific story, I imagined he meant the most recent one, and it’s very good. A Question of Culture is a lovely little tale of a meeting between friends that leaves one wounded. To say more would give it all away but the beauty in this tale is its immediate relatability to the real world. If you’ve had this experience, you will recall its sting. If not, perhaps you will gain a little insight here. [...]

Comment on Something different: A Question of Culture by alphabete

alphabete — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:53:04 +0000

I like this. I too have been through a similar situation and this story captures it perfectly. That moment when a casually-thrown word throws off the whole day both because it clearly wasn’t meant to be offensive but as Kelley said, it doesn’t make it any less a sting.

Comment on One Last Christmas by Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:52:04 +0000

Wow. This is incredibly powerful. I love that it’s the kind of complete story that leaves you with questions because the reader is forced to answer the questions him/herself. You capture all of the mood brilliantly.

Comment on The Christmas Mouse by Joe Fontanetta

Joe Fontanetta — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:42:06 +0000

Hello Jason,
Could I secure your permission to use “The Christmas Mouse” in my column, the Chicago Animal Examiner, on Examiner.com?

Comment on Something different: A Question of Culture by admin

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:14:13 +0000

Thank you all for your kind comments. I certainly agree that racism, at least as an overt, angry thing, will become a thing of the past and has shown lots of promise in that direction over the last several decades, at least in the US.

AnneMarie, this story was inspired by a similar event in my own life, except in my case I wasn’t interested in my coworker romantically (I was already dating someone else), it was just something that came out of her mouth one day at lunch. For me it was sort of a chuckle moment, where I thought “how funny, I’ve been discriminated against on the basis of race! Now nobody can say I don’t know what it’s like!”. When this opportunity came to write on this topic I thought, “What might it have felt like if I *had* been interested?”

I think the most difficult racism to overcome will not be the hateful, bitter, angry kind-it’ll be the kind that comes from a place of tradition and societal/familial pressures. Hopefully people will continue to choose on the basis of individual lives rather than these kinds of pressures, but only time will tell!

Comment on Something different: A Question of Culture by AnneMarie

AnneMarie — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:22:56 +0000

This is a scene from real life.Two of my students had the same problem. A white boy and a girl of Vietnamese origin fell in love. They had to break up their relationship because the girl’s relatives put her under pressure and controlled each of her steps. It is sad to see how culture and traditions sometimes are abused to destroy people’s love and lives. Literature is an effective means to open peopl’s eyes.

Comment on Something different: A Question of Culture by Perry Peck

Perry Peck — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:04:38 +0000

People of the future will love each other and racism will become a concept of the past. It might not seem that way now and your story may show that but it will come to pass. In lets say 100 years or so. Things will get better for sure! Art heals thanks for the great post.