EDIT: Forgot to mention -- if this looks familiar to those who've kindly helped me out in the black widow thread, it's because it's set in the same fantasy world. But the tale is entirely different.
"A Bet with Evil"
It was on a drizzling day in May that I had my third visit with the Widow.
She came out of nowhere, a shadow rising from the corner of my studio, inexplicably dry, while all outside was wet. Her long satin gown glimmered the color of the sky just before morning light appears, and her lips curved in a honey-sweet smile on the verge of rancidness.
I gave a cry of fright, wondering how long she had been there.
“Dear me…” The Widow chuckled. “It is funny when you fireflies flash with surprise. I could install a very interesting lighting system in my web that way.”
I flushed, and set down my paintbrushes to steady my shaking hands. Her demeanor was not openly threatening; but the
EDIT: Forgot to mention -- if this looks familiar to those who've kindly helped me out in the black widow thread, it's because it's set in the same fantasy world. But the tale is entirely different.
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Sholar, glad to see you jumping in. Everyone who crits does a first one at some point. And the feedback that you can give is extremely valuable -- just being able to tell the writer where you had a problem and what the problem was is invaluable. You don't even have to know why it's a problem; often even experienced critters aren't quite sure why something isn't working.
Sholar -- thank you for the offer! I'm sending it your way. Feel free to send me anything you'd like me to read in return. And Minister is right -- any feedback you have is valuable. I really appreciate your offer to read.
Minister -- I've sent it your way. Thanks a bunch! ^_^
Target audience... that's a very good question. I was hoping for some opinions on that, actually. I think it's a young adult story... for somewhat demented young adults. What do you think?
Though I must say the opening sounds a lot like the other one you posted. Send it my way to mussa.fatima@gmail.com
I'd like to read it, but I don't know if I have time to critique it. I just want to know what happens and how it fits in with the other story
Yes, the beginning is awfully similar, isn't it? That's probably because it concerns the same two characters in the introduction -- visits 2 and 3 of the firefly with the spider. Aalanya -- I've sent it your way. The fact that you're curious enough to want to see this second tale about them makes me happy! Don't worry about critting -- you did me a huge favor with your comments on the first one, and I still have to revise it. It's just a bad habit of mine to always have multiple projects going on at any one time. But as I said, I really appreciate it, and owe you for that. Just have fun!
I'm a little behind on getting crits done, myself... family is here and keeping me away from the computer.