"Fish Night" Lansdale (8-16)

[Lincoln, Temporal Jester]

http://www.thehorrorzine.com/Fiction/...

[Cheryl]

Well alrighty then. (view spoiler)[I hope that young man comes up with a convincing story when he gets back to civilization. (hide spoiler)]

Just a quick story, more idea than development, so some of you won't like it. But I did.

[Tej]

Loved it!! Short, engaging, great pay off and satisfyingly whole that needs no expansion with many morals rolled into one:

(view spoiler)[
Be careful what you wish for.
Dont be full of regrets.
Life can be a lot worse!
Dont run away from your troubles, just  deal with them and conquer them.

And finally, dont put yout life at risk go to save crazy old people!
(hide spoiler)]

I do share Cheryl's concern about one of the protagonists though, lol.

4/5

This is my first groupread short story.  Sorry to jump in so late.  Ill work my way backwards to try catch up if I can.

[Cheryl]

I do agree with what you said in the spoiler, and would love to see your thoughts on the earlier stories as you find time to read & respond.

[Samantha]

I liked this, especially the simple dreamlike quality. The ending was abrupt but it worked for me. Odd but enjoyable.

[Nathan, First Tiger]

I liked this one a lot. It reminded me of a story out the movie Big Fish where the character's car ends up in a tree. (I think he was also a salesman) It has that same fantastical style. A magical world just outside of our reality.

This author has a great imagination.

[Nathan, First Tiger]

(view spoiler)[ I would have been worried about being crushed to death by the pressure at the bottom of an ocean, but sharks are bad enough too. (hide spoiler)]

[Glynn]

This was a good one. (view spoiler)[the young man will have quite a fish story to tell his buddies. (hide spoiler)]

[Cheryl]

@ Glynn ... Hah!