tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post2851672950811686031..comments2023-11-01T11:17:40.377-04:00Comments on True Stories, Honest Lies: Friday Fiction: How to make a golemLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06434407684834155358noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-18095935740122100202009-11-29T15:18:56.056-05:002009-11-29T15:18:56.056-05:00A wonderful tale, and one of the best flashes I...A wonderful tale, and one of the best flashes I've read.Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-49984677307891327642009-11-28T10:35:01.515-05:002009-11-28T10:35:01.515-05:00Oh Laura, this is above and beyond. You provide j...Oh Laura, this is above and beyond. You provide just enough information, but not too much, and it is just right. Beautifully packaged in neat envelope structure, a real literary treat, as well as something much, much more. Thank you for this gift.<br /><br />P.S. You reminded me of perhaps the most haunting episode of the X-files that I ever saw, called "Kaddish". It is worth seeing.Doriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08556503256253165034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-87495091471505483252009-11-28T10:31:09.734-05:002009-11-28T10:31:09.734-05:00Really beautiful. I couldn't help but chuckle ...Really beautiful. I couldn't help but chuckle at the third to last paragraph--I couldn't help but read a parallel between the golem and the cylons. Maybe it's just me.<br /><br />But yeah, very cool. Read it several times. Thank you for it.amberhttp://www.loveandwartx.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-86107215423709474232009-11-28T04:55:24.678-05:002009-11-28T04:55:24.678-05:00Outstanding work..Outstanding work..JNicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-74107992256755007552009-11-27T21:45:40.180-05:002009-11-27T21:45:40.180-05:00This was fabulous. I don't even know where to...This was fabulous. I don't even know where to begin telling you what I liked about it. It is one of the best pieces of prose I have read in a long time.Lauritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688820247531607677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-70011917008956156772009-11-27T21:40:43.663-05:002009-11-27T21:40:43.663-05:00Nifty! I've always liked golem stories. Though...Nifty! I've always liked golem stories. Thought the bit about not making it talk was a neat detail.Danahttp://pixelenvy.ca/cgi/fff.cginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-82802141244088003022009-11-27T21:11:26.739-05:002009-11-27T21:11:26.739-05:00Utterly awesome!Utterly awesome!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09492062472206579391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-49469566601854098732009-11-27T20:52:03.693-05:002009-11-27T20:52:03.693-05:00wow, this was fantastic! Beautifully written!wow, this was fantastic! Beautifully written!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-47799573591225895462009-11-27T20:12:29.186-05:002009-11-27T20:12:29.186-05:00This is incredible. Fantastic piece. I love the t...This is incredible. Fantastic piece. I love the tone and voice here. I've said that a lot today, I notice, but it's true.<br /><br />This is spooky and touching in a strange way. Or maybe I'm the strange one, but the handing of knowledge from one generation to another is such a wonderful thing, and yet it's such terrible knowledge.<br /><br />Awesome work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-76752561969026521822009-11-27T18:45:50.589-05:002009-11-27T18:45:50.589-05:00Wow, great story. It almost makes you question if...Wow, great story. It almost makes you question if humanity itself is "god's" Golem.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17777178044868827470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-22979794965103836992009-11-27T17:42:09.597-05:002009-11-27T17:42:09.597-05:00Intriguing! Narrator could be right at home in an ...Intriguing! Narrator could be right at home in an Issac Bashevis Singer story.<br /><br />Love how you used the hope that the world has changed enough in beginning... and the realization that the world has not changed enough in the ending.<br /><br />Nicely done.Marisa Birnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17945909737147497606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-67819964142702071232009-11-27T17:08:22.087-05:002009-11-27T17:08:22.087-05:00Simply, wow.
From the first sentence, you had me ...Simply, wow.<br /><br />From the first sentence, you had me fully hooked.<br /><br />And then all through, every word was magic, this forbidden knowledge.<br /><br />I'll be back for more. Yes, I'll be back for more.David Mastershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12809185582216906363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-45796737874972477662009-11-27T15:18:33.054-05:002009-11-27T15:18:33.054-05:00Skillfully done.Skillfully done.Diandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570498251611083259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980661477245033955.post-53539767257566762982009-11-27T14:59:16.459-05:002009-11-27T14:59:16.459-05:00Spooky, creepy. I love it!Spooky, creepy. I love it!Laura Enohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.com