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Dan’s intentions were good. He wanted to bond with his love’s young daughter Nickie and takes her and her miniature dachshund on a weekend camping trip that turns into a nightmare when they are terrorized by an 8’ hungry grizzly bear.
The story follows Dan’s piss-poor but well intentioned attempts to keep them safe. It’s a dark, tense and grizzly (sorry, I can never resist a bad pun) little tale that grabs you from the very beginning. The characterization is believable and I felt terrible for Dan...more
The story follows Dan’s piss-poor but well intentioned attempts to keep them safe. It’s a dark, tense and grizzly (sorry, I can never resist a bad pun) little tale that grabs you from the very beginning. The characterization is believable and I felt terrible for Dan...more
When you look at the cover art for this fantastic little novella you have no doubt about what this story is about. Knowing what the story is going to be about in no way takes away the impact of it when you read it.
"Ursa Major" is a 64 page tension filled journey that will leave you breathless in its wake. From the very first paragraph Mr. Little draws you into the story and never lets you go. He turns up the pressure with each ensuing page relentlessly and just when you think everything is going...more
"Ursa Major" is a 64 page tension filled journey that will leave you breathless in its wake. From the very first paragraph Mr. Little draws you into the story and never lets you go. He turns up the pressure with each ensuing page relentlessly and just when you think everything is going...more
Little follows a string of fantastic time-travel novellas with a suspense-filled action yarn, this time pitting a man and his girlfriend's 6-year old daughter against an 8-foot tall grizzly bear at an isolated cabin. In classic Little style, we get plenty of great writing jammed into this 70-paged novella, and an ending that'll rip your heart out. But that's all I can say about this short work without giving anything away.
There's also a 10-paged (!) introduction by Gene O'Neill and Gord Rollo th...more
There's also a 10-paged (!) introduction by Gene O'Neill and Gord Rollo th...more
I had been waiting for this story to come out for some time now and when I saw it released in digital format from Cemetery Dance, I was thrilled. Ursa Major by John R. Little was good, but not Little's best work. Now, the story is set up in a way that the action starts right off the bat. This part was awesome. I love stories that just "take off", if you will, but, as the story progressed I wanted the story to be more rounded. I have read his other works, like MIRANDA, and it felt solid and satis...more
In a word: "Yikes!"
This story/novella wastes no time getting started and is a vertical drop from the first 5 pages. Like someone else said, the front cover tells you all you need to know. As I was reading , I couldn't help but think that this story would make a great campfire story if you didn't mind staying up all night because you scared the crap out of all the little campers...
This story/novella wastes no time getting started and is a vertical drop from the first 5 pages. Like someone else said, the front cover tells you all you need to know. As I was reading , I couldn't help but think that this story would make a great campfire story if you didn't mind staying up all night because you scared the crap out of all the little campers...
Dan plans a camping trip with his girlfriend six year old daughter Nickie. Dan wants so much for Nickie to like him. So Dan, Nickie and her dog Pupply are headed to an isolated cabin in Alaska. Of course thing do not turn out the way that Dan has plan them. John R. Little is an excellent writer and storyteller.
This is a really good long short story about a man trapped in a perilous circumstance with the 6-year-old daughter of his girlfriend. Suspenseful, realistic, original, it's brilliant!
This was one of the best reads I've experienced in a while, and certainly one I would read again on my Kobo.
Cemetery Dance provides us with a fantastic, fast paced survival story that keeps the reader turning the pages.
No fantasy, or otherworldly monsters - man vs. beast!
Cemetery Dance provides us with a fantastic, fast paced survival story that keeps the reader turning the pages.
No fantasy, or otherworldly monsters - man vs. beast!
Great, fast paced, turned out better then expected :)
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