Super! This is what I was hoping for. Weird, unnerving and tense. The music, the setting, the taxidermy, all just so good. Thank you for closing Sam. That was worth the wait.
Not that I was going to, but note to myself, don't cut down a pear tree in December. Apparently. All gas, no breaks. Good sequencing and tempo on the action (one of the single hardest things to write in fiction is an action sequence that doesn't suck. 99% of action sequences between two people suck, the more people you add, the harder it is to write. I cannot emphasize this enough. Writing GOOD action, is HARD.) Nice use of the songs as both ascending cultural marker's and a clock to set the pace. It worked nicely. Also, now I have Mariah Carey stuck in my head so fuck you. Great imagery for an action centric horror story. Loved the pear tree. Fuckin' ey, Dark Tidings was a tight set of stories, happy to have read the whole thing. Cheers and Merry Christmas or whatever the fuck.
What a finale! The empty lodge, the taxidermy, the feather-stuffed wife, the clever use of Christmas songs, and then the tree going up in a blaze at the end?!? Absolutely terrifying. The perfect way to bring Dark Tidings to a close!
Joyful and triumphant! what a finale! i can literally see the credits rolling on the film of this in my head. what a way to bring this to a close! 😎🐦⬛🍐🌳
Super! This is what I was hoping for. Weird, unnerving and tense. The music, the setting, the taxidermy, all just so good. Thank you for closing Sam. That was worth the wait.
Not that I was going to, but note to myself, don't cut down a pear tree in December. Apparently. All gas, no breaks. Good sequencing and tempo on the action (one of the single hardest things to write in fiction is an action sequence that doesn't suck. 99% of action sequences between two people suck, the more people you add, the harder it is to write. I cannot emphasize this enough. Writing GOOD action, is HARD.) Nice use of the songs as both ascending cultural marker's and a clock to set the pace. It worked nicely. Also, now I have Mariah Carey stuck in my head so fuck you. Great imagery for an action centric horror story. Loved the pear tree. Fuckin' ey, Dark Tidings was a tight set of stories, happy to have read the whole thing. Cheers and Merry Christmas or whatever the fuck.
I tried to pretend I was giving people something else to think about every time her song plays on the grocery-store radio.
Glad you liked the action, Emil. Cheers and Merry Christmas to you as well.
It was a fuckin' great detail, good pace setter too. MRRY CRIMBUS!
What a finale! The empty lodge, the taxidermy, the feather-stuffed wife, the clever use of Christmas songs, and then the tree going up in a blaze at the end?!? Absolutely terrifying. The perfect way to bring Dark Tidings to a close!
Best living dead story ever! Taxidermy is the perfect vehicle. I will never, NEVER, cut down a pear tree in December!
Nope, I'm not gonna cut down that tree. It's plastic from now on, and birds, forgettaboutem.
I'll just be over here with my can of spam, eating lunch, maybe.
Joyful and triumphant! what a finale! i can literally see the credits rolling on the film of this in my head. what a way to bring this to a close! 😎🐦⬛🍐🌳
Yes, sir hell yeah.
What a wild ride! Randolph is one badass Dude. Love the spirit in the pear tree, the plushy wife, just and awesome finale🖤