Posted by ebe321
Sep 25, 2009 6:22 am

Replies (29)

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• 3? I've only seen 2 so far. But I have enjoyed them both.

  Sep 25, 2009 1:04 pm
  by Golem100

• I've decided to stop reading them. They seem incoherant as though I'm intruding on someone's nightmare!

  Sep 25, 2009 4:09 pm
  by empress

• Empress - Be sure to avoid his longer works. They make the stories so far look like bedtime stories for toddlers.

  Sep 25, 2009 9:19 pm
  by Golem100

• Thanks, Golem100 and Empress for your replies. I have decided to read 10 of them, and if, they all end with death or no ending, then I figure that there will be little reason to continue - I'll always know that the characters will just get eaten or eventually killed. I kind of like the nightmare quality - especially around this time of year, but the predictability will get old.

  Sep 26, 2009 6:49 am
  by ebe321

• I'm having a similar reaction. I'm beginning to ask myself what I've gained from having read these stories. I've just lost five minutes. I don't feel creeped out or enlightened or intrigued. I just feel irritated. I think 10 is a good sampling of what to expect so, like ebe321, I'll make my decision then.

  Sep 27, 2009 9:55 am
  by NikkiFooFoo

• i Have read 1 of that book but nothing has changed. maybe it was just merely reading without comprehention. But i will read that again this week, hopefully

  Sep 28, 2009 12:28 am
  by trammaster

• I am fairly satisfied with the stories, though i don't believe they are truly "horror". They can be considered as "easy reading" for the road or coffee break. I have read 7 now, and they are not weird or strange too. But i find them amusing actually [something wrong with me?] I will keep reading and i'm having fun in doing so. Maybe because i was not expecting a very big horror, mystery .. etc, and i was not hoping to gain anything. But i don't think you need to read 10 :) if you simply don't like, just give up around 4-5, i think that will be enough.

  Sep 28, 2009 3:09 am
  by minocris

• I enjoy spending 5 minutes reading these stories. Especially story 4. I didn't recieve the first story. My subscription started with story 2. Why?

  Sep 28, 2009 1:49 pm
  by moengey

• Moengey - Same here.

  Sep 28, 2009 4:44 pm
  by Golem100

• Hey Moderator<
  
  Is David Wellington writing these stories just for the 30 Stories in 30 Days event (kinda like those stunts Harlan Ellison used to do)?

  Sep 28, 2009 4:47 pm
  by Golem100

• @minocris @moengey Did you check your spam folder? Sometimes our messages end up there. You can resend them to yourself as described in our FAQs.
  
  We found out there was a bad link at the end of the story "Boy." You can read the whole story here.

  Sep 28, 2009 7:40 pm
  by MaggieH (admin)

• @Golem100: These stories were previously written by David Wellington (and not specifically for this particular event).

  Sep 28, 2009 8:19 pm
  by susan (admin)

• Susan - Thanks.

  Sep 29, 2009 11:38 pm
  by Golem100

• I really liked "18.9". The "science" behind it was intriguing - I wonder if there was any truth to it. The ending was actually one of the more positive ones - nobody get eaten. Maybe Subject D turned on the scientist and choked him to death or something. (I think that these stories may be warping me just a little.) Anyway, if Wellington has more like "18.9" I'll hang in there.

  Sep 30, 2009 6:29 am
  by ebe321

• My post should read "nobody gets eaten." I couldn't figure out how to edit it - sorry.

  Sep 30, 2009 6:35 am
  by ebe321

• I just read the first. Though weird, I think it is a good, quick read. About worthless or wonderful, well, that depends on the reader of anything. I enjoyed them. I thought it was nice in the beginning, dragged a bit toward the end (as much as a short story can drag). Can wait to read the rest.

  Sep 30, 2009 3:30 pm
  by Calla_Lilly

• 18.9 was the best story so far.

  Oct 2, 2009 8:22 pm
  by moengey

• Didnt understand the ending of "Barn". Can someone explain it to me?

  Oct 3, 2009 1:54 pm
  by Ostroff

• OK, so who did the thing who wobbled back and forth on its tentacles eat? Did he eat the autistic son, Danny, or perhaps the underpaid, overworked, loyal secretary?

  Oct 3, 2009 9:21 pm
  by moengey

• Moengey,
  I was thinking that the man was showing the picture of his autistic son as sort of offering to the thing. In the story the man was sort of going over how his son had no quality of life and that he himself had helped others as a lawyer - this helped the man justify sacrificing the son. I think it was the son, but the secretary is a possibility. I'm kind of getting into these stories now ... they seem to be getting better! "Blink" was a great one.

  Oct 4, 2009 8:54 am
  by ebe321

• Ostroff,
  I am not sure here either, but I think that the ending of"Barn" means that the creature in the woods actually summoned the man from the depths of darkness instead of the man calling it. So the creepy man was actually more sinister and to be feared more that the creature itself.

  Oct 4, 2009 9:00 am
  by ebe321

• Just read 18.9. Enjoyed it up until the ending. Sounds like the protagonist rediscovered the William Castle Sound of Horror. (pun intended)

  Oct 5, 2009 9:57 am
  by Golem100

• Why do I keep reading these stories? I was actually feeling hopeful while reading "Uncle" - thinking that it might come to some other conclusion than death, but I was wrong. I wasn't even expecting a happy ending - just maybe that Dan could have walked away knowing that he had avoided a terrible situation. Anyway, I think that David Wellington is a talented writer, but too twisted for me. So I guess that I am saying"uncle" - I am done.

  Oct 16, 2009 6:34 am
  by ebe321

• Thank your for sharing this wonderful story. I find your post very informative.
  I am very excited to be a part of this Forum and look forward to bringing Value to it.

  Oct 16, 2009 7:44 am
  by christyban

• Give Laurel Dewey's short stories a try. I've started "An Unfinished Death" and if it's anything like her books, it's going to be very good. I love the realness and straight talking attitude of her main character, Detective Jane Perry.

  Oct 17, 2009 1:33 pm
  by LAD525

• I just signed up with Daily Lit when I found out about them serializing original short stories by Laurel Dewey. Thank you! Thank you!
  
  I've read both Jane Perry novels (PROTECTOR and REDEMPTION) and devoured them. She has quickly become one of my top ten favorite writers. If you like your fiction gritty, creative, character-driven and thought-provoking, you too will LOVE Laurel Dewey's stories.
  
  THANKS TO DAILY LIT FOR ADDING LAUREL DEWEY TO YOUR LIST OF WRITERS!!!!

  Oct 17, 2009 5:51 pm
  by Wildcat1733

• so far, i've read them all & have looked forward to the stories each day.

  Oct 20, 2009 10:43 pm
  by snack

• I love these stories. 30 days of sick and twisted is about right, I think, especially around Halloween! After that it would just be too much death and destruction. :-)

  Oct 21, 2009 1:36 pm
  by Melvis

• @Melvis oh dear :-/ it would be great if the series ended on 31st Oct .. such a shame. I've never thought about it before but it would be perfect timing, and it'll always be on my mind now that i know :D

  Oct 23, 2009 10:58 am
  by minocris

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