tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post1889203567958499420..comments2024-03-26T14:48:15.857-07:00Comments on Rocket Stack Rank: Thanksgiving, by Jeffrey FordGreg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-55284842762040858192019-01-07T14:28:29.320-08:002019-01-07T14:28:29.320-08:00You're right that being short helps. A lot of ...You're right that being short helps. A lot of stories get a 3 because they're so short there's not time for them to grate on me enough to recommend against them. In this case, though, the premise was impossible for me to swallow. Particularly since it's not played for laughs.Greg Hullenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-76786071245164871432019-01-06T22:28:12.073-08:002019-01-06T22:28:12.073-08:00This one didn't really work for me, either.
I...This one didn't really work for me, either.<br /><br />It felt very much like a shaggy dog story -- less actual <em>story</em>, more a group of people talking about how weird $THING is. "Do you know him?" "No! Do you know him?" "No! Wait, do <em>you</em> know him--?"<br /><br />It's a very short piece, of course, so it doesn't need to sustain itself very long. There's a place for shaggy dog stories in magazines :) I just feel this one didn't find quite the right hook.Standbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877817311001333712noreply@blogger.com