Lacuna

Townsend, You have a gift for recreating a time an...

2012-04-18T15:45:05.506-05:00

Townsend,
You have a gift for recreating a time and place with description and language of the time.

Lovely,

Loli

Great story, Townsend. I like how many different w...

2012-04-17T13:44:10.127-05:00

Great story, Townsend. I like how many different worlds you're familiar with in your fiction.

Beautifully told, Townsend. Great tale. Congratu...

2012-04-17T11:29:07.383-05:00

Beautifully told, Townsend. Great tale. Congratulations.

Accomplished and deft. The author has clearly bene...

2012-04-17T03:36:17.569-05:00

Accomplished and deft. The author has clearly benefitted from grubbing around the odd corners of Greek and Latin.

I love this! I, too, am fascinated with Henry VIII...

2012-04-11T14:10:31.411-05:00

I love this! I, too, am fascinated with Henry VIII and his wives, especially Anne Boleyn. I especially loved the last line of the poem.

I love this! I, too, am fascinated with Henry VIII...

2012-04-11T14:09:50.055-05:00

I love this! I, too, am fascinated with Henry VIII and his wives, especially Anne Boleyn. I especially loved the last line of the poem.

This is great, really fleshes out that story! Thou...

2012-03-30T10:58:57.573-05:00

This is great, really fleshes out that story! Though I always thought it went something like when they met, Horowitz played his version for Tatum, and said he'd worked on it for months. Then Art sat down and played a much more dazzling impressive version. When did you write that? asked a flabbergasted Vladimir. "I just did" replied Art.!
Ha, jazz trumps classical, yay!

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Loved the story! Will definitely read more of them...

2012-01-13T20:31:44.867-06:00

Loved the story! Will definitely read more of them....

Loved this story!

2011-12-11T02:53:11.172-06:00

Loved this story!

I enjoyed how it took so many different directions...

2011-11-15T19:33:41.024-06:00

I enjoyed how it took so many different directions almost as much as I enjoyed reading about such a pure man. If only more of us would feel as Chapman.

Powerful story -- a little darkness, a little ligh...

2011-10-22T14:56:20.648-05:00

Powerful story -- a little darkness, a little light. It feels true. Encore!

The depth of knowledge about music and those parti...

2011-10-21T07:52:54.027-05:00

The depth of knowledge about music and those particular musicians makes the story so real. If I didn't know Marko I would totally believe he was the actual narrator (an 83-year-old man).

A story of tragic genius.

Wonderful story, Patricia!

2011-10-19T12:31:41.678-05:00

Wonderful story, Patricia!

Excellent story, Marko. I enjoyed it as much this ...

2011-10-17T23:37:57.971-05:00

Excellent story, Marko. I enjoyed it as much this time as the first time I read it.

Really nice, Mary, and so glad to find someone wri...

2011-10-17T09:30:04.116-05:00

Really nice, Mary, and so glad to find someone writing short stories that are historically based.

These are such fabulous little stories. Love the ...

2011-10-17T07:17:40.064-05:00

These are such fabulous little stories. Love the creativity and wild imagination--brings history to life in a way that really satisfies. Beautiful writing!!

Ambitious and accomplished story - very well done!...

2011-10-17T01:12:39.319-05:00

Ambitious and accomplished story - very well done!

I love these "prequel" portraits of grea...

2011-10-16T12:59:31.082-05:00

I love these "prequel" portraits of great men before they became famous, especially the one of Alexander.

Great story! Totally gripping, I loved reading it...

2011-09-14T16:30:43.208-05:00

Great story! Totally gripping, I loved reading it.

Great fun ! Light but full of depth. Nice visuals....

2011-06-26T23:34:45.012-05:00

Great fun ! Light but full of depth. Nice visuals.

Excellent story :)

2011-06-12T15:34:27.712-05:00

Excellent story :)

The language sings. Especially nice are the descr...

2011-05-08T21:04:32.516-05:00

The language sings. Especially nice are the descriptions of the country through which the brother passes on his ill-fated search--it's somewhere between Stegner and McCarthy, a little of both, but completely original and evocative. And the poetic prophesies of the three spirits, or evil creatures from another dimension, or projections of the brother's own conscience, or whatever they are, are positively Shakespearean in their resonance. A really absorbing tale.

A really good story

2011-05-06T07:16:32.459-05:00

A really good story

As always Master Cockburn, it's a pleasure to ...

2011-04-21T14:53:12.875-05:00

As always Master Cockburn, it's a pleasure to see another of your stories up.

Well written with a great sense of suspense and a ...

2011-04-19T23:36:33.898-05:00

Well written with a great sense of suspense and a vivid depiction of the trappings of war..the banality, viciousness, and sheer ordinariness of what should be horror. Nicely done.