Penname: SpookyTaco [Contact] Real name:
Member Since: February 05 2014
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Bio:

I'm a fan of giantess stories and would like to try writing something. My email is spookytaco7@gmail.com.


Splinter's Edge can still be found here: http://tinyurl.com/npbfgzu


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Summary:

A young woman, prosecuted for a crime she didn’t commit, is placed in the hands of her titanic best friend to learn a few lessons she didn’t earn but most certainly will never forget.


Categories: Young Adult 20-29, Mature (40-49), Entrapment, Feet, Gentle, Humiliation, Instant Size Change, Mouth Play, New World Order, Violent, Vore
Characters: None
Growth: Titan (101 ft. to 500 ft.)
Shrink: Minikin (3 in. to 1 in.)
Size Roles: F/f, F/m
Warnings: Following story may contain inappropriate material for certain audiences
Series: Omegas
Chapters: 14 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 44494 Read Count: 127423
[Report This] Published: July 12 2014 Updated: October 24 2014
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Date: October 08 2014 Title: Chapter 11: Revelation

Ok, so finally caught up. Great stuff. In some ways, your writing style matches Ackbar's.

The trickiest thing with the Omega series is the punishments. Those are just so hard to justify, perhaps because they're so different than what we do in the US. Sure, we incarcerate but we don't torture based on the details of the crime. I'm interested in the psychology behind it. Perhaps we'll get a chapter where the Omega who conceived these punishments elucidates how they facilitate behavior modification in criminals. Don't get me wrong, the punishments add a great deal to the stories, but I still like to try to justify them in my mind, to find the slice of realism.

As for Bridget, sorry, not sure I'd ever talk to her again if I were Lexi. I might, but it wouldn't be easy. How could someone invoke the first punishment without ever having an open discussion with her best friend? I mean, the blurry video feed showed no 100% evidence that proved Lexi did the crime.

I suppose Bridget's only redeeming factor is that she never physically harmed Lexi in a serious way. And that she practiced the mouth thing for a week to ensure no harm would come. But the emotional harm has been done. I really, really hope we get a Bridget pov and see her reaction to the news. This needs to change her on a fundamental level before Lexi would let her back in.



Author's Response:

Glad to hear that about our styles. Hopefully it helps lend this story some cohesion with the Omegaverse.

I can't speak for Ackbar, of course, but from what I know of the world, there will indeed be some explanation in later stories of the justification for a punishment system like this.

You're right that emotional harm has definitely been done, and Lexi is by no means going to turn right around and want hugs afterward. And we will indeed see Bridget's POV.

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Date: October 12 2014 Title: Chapter 12: Surrender

Ouch, ouch, ouch! How can there only be 2 chapters left? That's not long enough for Bridget and Lexi to heal. They'll need time. If they don't get time, that means the story will end with them on bad terms.

Oh, and Lexi had better not die. If she does, I quit the Omega series.

Actually, I'd prefer if Lexi did not become permanently injured either.

What I'm asking for is please, please no sad ending to this story. Ugh, that would kill me. And no bittersweet ending either. There are plenty of super sad chapters in this story so make the last one a happy one. I'll give you a better review if you do. :)



Author's Response:

Lexi is not going to die or even be permanently injured, especially not with the medical care they have available in this world. I can't promise a perfect sunshine and roses ending, but it won't all be as gloomy as the climax has made it appear. Thanks for reading!

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Date: October 19 2014 Title: Chapter 13: Pieces

Ack, Bridget should have tried to visit her on the roof! She had enough presence of mind to interrogate Nathaniel, she should have been brave enough to visit her best friend too. Would it have been painful? Yes. Would she be rejected again? Probably. But still, c'mon, deal with it Bridget and keep trying to apologize.

Watching Omegas deal with Betas is weird. I mean, does this world have capital punishment? Because it would be ridiculous for an Omega to kill a Beta. The size disparity is too great. An Omega executing a Beta just feels wrong.

Even the interrogation seems out of place. Bridget should not be allowed to handle Nathaniel. She herself noted the brief thought of crushing him between her fingers. There's no way that should be allowed if Omega's are capable of having such thoughts. It seems simple enought to allow the Betas to serve as judge and jury for themselves. One day, an Omega is going to squeeze too hard and kill a Beta (or several Betas with a misstep) and this 'mixed zone' nonsense is going to be questioned. Omegas and Betas shouldn't be allowed within a mile of each other.

Anyway, great chapter!



Author's Response:

It isn't that Bridget didn't want to try to apologize, but after what happened, she's been implanted with a sizeable fear of doing anything to hurt her friend ever again, so even going near her in the aftermath of all this makes her too scared. The fact that Bridget was allowed to handle Nathaniel goes back to the fact that Omegas simply cannot conceive of one of their own doing something so drastic, even someone so wronged by the offending Beta. That flash in Bridget's mind is something that only could've come from the sheer amount of hurt inflicted by these events. The concern about an Omega accidentally crushing a Beta does seem like a fair one, but there are considerable measures in place through their training to prevent this, and there hasn't been such an accident before. Thanks for reading!

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Date: October 25 2014 Title: Chapter 14: Apart

Aww, I kinda wanted to see Bridget in this chapter. Ah well. Still a great chapter and an excellent addition to the Omega universe.



Author's Response:

Thanks man. And even though Bridget didn't show up in the last chapter, this story wasn't the last appearance she'll be making.

Summary:

Scott Stevens, shrunken and incarcerated in his own home, faces dire consequences for his crimes in the hands (and shoes) of his giant family and acquaintances.  All the while, his mother Judy is hard at work on her senatorial campaign, and as usual has some conniving tricks in store.


Categories: Teenager (13-19), Young Adult 20-29, Mature (40-49), Middle Age (50+), Couples , Entrapment, Feet, Gentle, Giant, Growing/Shrinking out of clothes, Humiliation, Insertion, Instant Size Change, Maternal, Mouth Play, New World Order, Violent
Characters: None
Growth: None
Shrink: Doll (12 in. to 6 in.), Lilliputian (6 in. to 3 in.), Minikin (3 in. to 1 in.)
Size Roles: F/m
Warnings: Following story may contain inappropriate material for certain audiences
Series: Time-Out
Chapters: 32 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 70647 Read Count: 348235
[Report This] Published: July 15 2014 Updated: February 15 2015
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Date: October 24 2014 Title: Chapter 13: Chapter 13: A Familiar Face

Great story! I haven't read all of the previous ones but I jumped into this easily enough. Compelling interaction and dialog works to immerse the reader in spite of the missing bits of history. However, it does tempt me to read some of the earlier ones.



Author's Response:

Thanks for reading man, glad you're liking it. And not that I'm biased, but definitely check out the earlier ones. ;)

Summary:

What happens when a young Englisman on vacation finds him washed up on an island? An island containing a sexy sassy giantess to boot? Fun and adventures of likes of which Jack Erikson has never experienced before!

This is a re-write of The Escape, I'm redoing it to address plotholes and the quality of the writing, it could do with an improvement. 

Credit given to fellow user vgiv, who gave me advice on character development, fact checking, someone to bounce ideas off and to critique my writing when needed! 


Categories: Adventure, Young Adult 20-29, Crush, Entrapment, Gentle, Humiliation, Violent
Characters: None
Growth: Titan (101 ft. to 500 ft.)
Shrink: None
Size Roles: None
Warnings: None
Series: The Escape
Chapters: 21 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 54558 Read Count: 147504
[Report This] Published: July 18 2014 Updated: July 14 2015
Reviewer: SpookyTaco Signed starstarstarstarstar
Date: August 05 2014 Title: Chapter 4: Jessica's Tale

Flashbacks are always tough but frequently necessary. I liked how you made them more engaging by including interruptions. The playful banter between Jack and Jessica helped keep me interested. I would have liked a little more information on the accident with Jamie (boy or girl?). Clearly Jessica doesn't want to remember the incident. Maybe it will come up later. It would help to understand her personality better, and perhap her reason for being so cautions around those smaller than her.



Author's Response:

I wanted Jack and Jessica to have more distinct personalities so that was thrown in. 

Jamie is a tough one, Jessica's interactions with that person were not a happy memory. I'll get to it. It'll be a better story than its predecessors. 

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Date: October 08 2014 Title: Chapter 6: Meals and Monopoly

I admire your courage. I tried and failed to do a rewrite. I’ll never attempt it again. I like the quote: "Write the book you want to read." I simply don’t want to reread any of my old stuff. :)

As for the world, Jessica’s humble abode is a place of amazement. How did she ever get a stove and utensils of such size? Surely they must look somewhat different than what Jack’s used to seeing because she’s the only person of her size in the world. Even with military support, manufacturing such conveniences must have been tremendous feats of engineering. I wonder if she helped the teams of people install it. Probably.



Author's Response:

I think my old stuff deserves to be done in a better way, especially with a personal favourite in Escape and the model I based Jessica off, it should not be done so poorly plus I kind of owe it to the readers, I never did finish Aftermath but the redo of Aftermath will be a lot better in terms of character development and plot, something I never really though about the first time. 

  All those are secrets that will be explained and revealed in later chapters, I have it all planned and it'll be better than the last one. 

BFG: Bully by Nostory Rated: PG starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 14]
Summary:

High school isn't easy. Being 200 feet tall in a world made for normal people is no walk in the park either. Combine those two and you get Dawn Martel's situation. Throw in bullies who want to mess with a giantess and things get interesting.

 

Will Dawn be able to handle them? Find out in this tale!


Categories: Teenager (13-19), Giantess, Gentle, Humiliation, Odor, Sci Fi / Fantasy
Characters: None
Growth: Titan (101 ft. to 500 ft.)
Shrink: None
Size Roles: F/f, F/m
Warnings: None
Series: Big Friendly Giantess
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 10815 Read Count: 28543
[Report This] Published: July 25 2014 Updated: August 27 2014
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Date: August 29 2014 Title: Chapter 4: Payback

I was not expecting to read more than one chapter. However the story captivated me because I wanted to see what happened to Dawn. I actually like this story better than Escape, primarily because you show Dawn as more of a flawed individual. She's humiliated in front of the entire school and everyone can relate to embarassing experiences. She's vengeful but far from evil. Her boyfriend isn't some super rich handsome guy with two jets. The story isn't super complicated with government conspiracies and there aren't too many characters to keep track of. It's just a better story in my opinion.

Now I'm not sure where the plot would go from here, but honestly, I don't think it needs much of a plot so long as Dawn and the other characters continue to develop and have goals. Nice work.



Author's Response:

Hey thanks for the review Spooky! I get what you mean with Dawn and how she is more realistic as a flawed individual which in turns makes her more relatable. Yeah, we all know what its like to be embarassed and definitely relatable. Dawn would never do something like breaking an arm or leg because someone was mean to her or anything, I like to believe she knows how far she should go. 

As for plot, I have 3 stories planned for Dawn, they'll need time because I need to work on Escape Redux and my Intersizables story Downtrodden. You can check out Incorporated if you like, give it a little read. If you want to see more about Dawn, give the main BFG a read as she shows up in Chapters 18-27 and the last chapter of BFG: Limbo. 

I get the problems I have with Escape, too many characters that weren't fleshed out right, plotholes bigger than the one in the ozone layer and I kept building up Jessica to be some perfect being and a goddess but we all knew she wasn't. Characters around Jessica were either running away in fear or falling over her and trying to impress her or something. No more, characters will have a more varied response, I'd like to say more but it would only spoil the plot. Just know that these problems are being worked on. So now you see that Jessica is more badass and unimpressed by Jack, who is now some sort of a rich prick who hates Jessica because he sees her as a monster despite Jessica saving his life. 

  I kept what I thought would work, trimmed out parts that were redundant and also filled out characters who needed it, it won't be so shallow from now on. Thanks for the input!

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[Report This] Published: January 01 1970 Updated: January 01 1970
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Date: September 06 2014 Title: None

A 'New World Order' story with an extended period of Titan presence. Although world building isn't what pulls me into a story, it's interesting to see how authors handle people of vastly different sizes living in the same general area. I liked the details such as the walkways inside the walls. Also, it seemed that Titan technology wasn't quite up to par (clumsy keyboard and slow-warming shower), but that might have just been Linda's experience.

Sofia surprised me a lot. Clearly some men have power in this world; just look at Harvey. So there must be some laws in place that keep Titans from simply doing whatever they want. Therefore, it's surprising that she held a man down by stepping on him. That seems incredibly dangerous. Perhaps the Titans are trained in such handling techniques, but still.

And when Linda grinned at Sofia, I was confused. Sofia strip searched her and, in my opinion, humiliated her. Then, Linda grins and 'likes' Sofia after seeing how she held a man with her foot?

Now if the man had a gun or did something to arouse my dislike of him a bit more, I could understand it.

I don't know. Sofia did let Linda leave without doing the 'full body check'. I suppose that gives Sofia some bonus points and makes her more likable.

Anyway, good stuff so far. And, even though I reread the text, I didn't find the video game reference. Probably because I don't play video games as much anymore. Still curious as to what it was.

Summary:

Kim has been stalking Victoria, and has finally worked up the courage and psychosis to break into her house. She's taken every precaution not to get caught, up to and including shrinking herself. 

 

Doesn't look like a smart idea even on paper, but it wouldn't be fun if it were. 


Categories: Teenager (13-19), Young Adult 20-29, Adult 30-39, Crush, Entrapment, Feet, Growing/Shrinking out of clothes, Humiliation, Insertion, Instant Size Change, Lesbians, Mouth Play, Slave, Unaware, Violent, Vore
Characters: None
Growth: None
Shrink: Micro (1 in. to 1/2 in.), Minikin (3 in. to 1 in.)
Size Roles: F/f, F/m
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 7008 Read Count: 64076
[Report This] Published: August 28 2014 Updated: November 17 2014
Reviewer: SpookyTaco Signed starstarstarstarstar
Date: August 29 2014 Title: Chapter 1: 1- Always Read the Warning Label

Check a half-mile radius? What? Why would they put an impossible task on a bug spray label? Lol. Obviously they don't sell this spray over the counter, otherwise the whole country would shrink. So Kim must have military connections to get ahold of it.

One recommendation, be careful with first person descriptions like "I didn't notice", i.e., if she didn't notice, how is she describing it? I make that mistake too, and sometimes, its because I just want to 'zoom out' and show a wider-angle perspective. So it's not necessarily a 'bad' thing, just something to be aware of that can affect the immersiveness of the story.



Author's Response:

That's what I was saying. 

 

Did you notice the repeated use of "website"? There are several websites that sell weapons-grade stuff. They get shut down pretty quickly, but by then the damage is already done. 

 

One thing I like to do with past tense is treat it like the person is actually telling the story later- which puts a lot less restrictions on me.

I will take your advice to heart, however.

Summary:

Alvin Summers, seventeen going on eighteen has enough on his plate. Bullies at home and in school, a social life as alive as a fossil and under immense pressure to get to a good college, these don't even come close to the biggest one of all.

 Maybe things will get better, maybe he'll rise up. If it does, the path ahead is fraught with danger and he'll need to be at his best to fend off whatever threats may come his way. 

A story set in the Interiszables Universe created by vgiv. 


Categories: Giantess, Feet, Gentle, Humiliation, New World Order, Sci Fi / Fantasy, Violent
Characters: None
Growth: Amazon (7 ft. to 15 ft.), Titan (101 ft. to 500 ft.)
Shrink: None
Size Roles: F/f, F/m, FF/f, FF/m
Warnings: None
Series: Intersizable Universe
Chapters: 28 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 86192 Read Count: 243633
[Report This] Published: September 11 2014 Updated: March 04 2016
Reviewer: SpookyTaco Signed starstarstarstarstar
Date: September 12 2014 Title: Chapter 2: Early Morning

Good opening. Patricia seems a bit detached. I like the Amazon size present in this story. Provides an interesting perspective, entirely different than Titan size. I also like Alvin's personality.

I'd recommend providing more explanation on some of his thoughts. For example, 'using him as a punching bag'. That's difficult to imagine. If eight-foot Amazons were literally beating on him like a punching bag, he'd be seriously injured if not dead from such an experience. So obviously he's exaggerating, but how much? What did they really do to him? Was it in jest or spite? That type of detail.



Author's Response:

Vgiv and I realised there wasn't much of an Amazon presence in the early stages of Incorporated so I offered to put some in Downtrodden. Give thanks to vgiv for helping me to shape Alvin, at some point he cut it too close to Jack as a character. 

 

  You'll find out more on whether it is an exaggeration or not but it'd still hurt either way and the brain can lead you to believe its worse than it really is. 

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Date: September 16 2014 Title: Chapter 3: Shit Happens

Alvin, don't even try to run. There's no escape. Resistance is futile!



Author's Response:

Running from a Titan? No hope. A bunch of Amazons? There's a chance, a slim chance but it's still there. 

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Date: September 21 2014 Title: Chapter 4: Run Alvin, Run!

Hmm, yes, I have to agree with gadget. Of course, I'm more of a gentle giantess fan myself, so I'm biased. :) Poor Alvin can't catch a break.



Author's Response:

I won't disagree with you on Cassie's thoughts, she definitely wasn't thinking straight. A good girl having a bad day has enough and a good boy having a streak of bad luck that makes Bad Luck Brian look good, Wendy must be thrilled with herself. 

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Date: September 26 2014 Title: Chapter 5: Dolls

Woot! Cassie isn't such a bad person after all. I'm glad she had a change of heart. Great chapter!



Author's Response:

 Hey thanks, I don't think she'd ever do any of what she did to someone she knew was innocent. Once Alvin broke down and it became clear he never wanted to look up her skirt, she made a 180 and moved to help him.

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Date: October 04 2014 Title: Chapter 6: Pasta and Meteors

Nice chapter. Good to see Cassie helping Alvin out. Still not sure why Wendy hates him so much.

One recommendation would be to consider zooming to a more intimate POV. Choose one person's head per scene and focus on that. Makes for a more enjoyable reading experience. For example in this chapter you used phrases such as "how could she ever get him to trust" and "in his head he prayed" in the same scene. If Cassie was the pov, she could make guesses that Alvin prayed, but that's about it. Just an idea. A more distant third-person is fine too, but sometimes makes it more difficult to pack an emotional punch.



Author's Response:

 I can promise you that it'll be explained why Wendy hates him so much, it's that kind of story where things are done for a reason and not because " Me big, you small. I fuck you."  Cassie should be helping him out,she did make his day worse. 

You mean go first person? Is that what you're saying or I can still go third person but focus on one character's thoughts? I am trying to evolve my writing style into something better, mostly taking inspiration from the Titan quartet and you, fusing it with my own style. Thanks for reviewing. 

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Date: October 04 2014 Title: Chapter 6: Pasta and Meteors

It's sometimes referred to as third-person limited or intimate.

http://grammar.about.com/od/tz/g/thirdpersonpovterm.htm

Not critical of course, everyone prefers a different styles when writing. However, it's good to know the options and the benefits of each.



Author's Response:

I am guessing you mean the third person omniscient so that would impart more of a character's feelings into the writing and allow the reader to feel more rather than the usual third person which might spread itself too thinly. Thanks for the advice, I'll try it out and see if it fits. I think I'm headed in the right direction when it comes to quality, just need to polish it and I might be able to churn out something that'll be remembered for the ages.

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Date: October 04 2014 Title: Chapter 6: Pasta and Meteors

Here's another site I reference when I'm writing in limited/intimate/close pov. It shows how to avoid 'head-hopping':

http://jamigold.com/2013/07/7-methods-for-handling-point-of-view/

And yes, your quality is improving. Keep writing and, most importantly, write for yourself. The rest will follow naturally.



Author's Response:

Thanks, you've been very helpful. I'll play around with it when I write my next chapter, be it this story, Escape or my next BFG story. I think I'll do it for the latter two, I think my BFG work needs brushing up. 

I do best when I feel for the writing so am hoping that it'll end on a high note. 

Summary:

See my Timescrybe2 account, as I am going to ask the admins to terminate this one as soon as I've finished moving the stories to the new account. This old timescribe account has been malfunctioning since Jan 2019, causing hassles for both me and the readers. I plan to get rid of it ASAP.

 


Categories: Giantess, Adventure, Gentle, Sci Fi / Fantasy, Vore
Characters: None
Growth: None
Shrink: Micro (1 in. to 1/2 in.)
Size Roles: F/m
Warnings: This story is for entertainment purposes only.
Series: THE GIANTESS GENE
Chapters: 80 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 60913 Read Count: 370067
[Report This] Published: September 17 2014 Updated: January 02 2015
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Date: September 17 2014 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1: ORPHANS ... AND OTHER ORIGINS

Wow. So surreal. Will the entire story have the underlying tension that Ann is going to eat Martin at the end? How cruel! I realize he agreed to it, but still. She seems like a sensible woman. Maybe she's going to regurgitate him. I certainly hope so. Otherwise, why would Martin agree to such a thing? He doesn't appear depressed in his speech here.

Let's just hope her story is a long one. Let's hope Martin changes his mind before we reach the end. And finally, let's hope she shows him mercy.



Author's Response:

I'm flattered that this got reviewed before chapter 124 of the prequel story actually. It must have really caught people's attention.

Well "Yes" to the first question, and I was originally going to make it even more of a vore piece by having the whole story carry the underlying tension that she would eat him without his agreement. Imagine him hearing her happy life story knowing that. 

I just realised it wouldn't be consistent with the Ann O'Malley of "Captain Miniature and the Red Moll Conundrum" chapter 1 onwards.

The only thing to do was to make him a voraphile such as myself, who would be looking forward to it, or it least, willing to do it as an act of love for her. But yes, their surreal dialogue will respond to her 1953 flashback narrative at various points throughout, although not that frequently, until his big scene in 1996 at the end. (However, that's 79 chapters away).

 

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Date: September 19 2014 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2: THE BASEBALL & THE BOY FROM BEYOND

Wow, this is pretty good. Ann is awesome! But I'm lost...how did she become so evil? The vorophilic Ann in chapter 1 seems nothing like the sweet, considerate Ann of chapter 2.

As far as the writing style, I like when you switch to non-exposition, i.e., showing instead of telling. For example the dialog between Ann and Wendell, dropping small bits of food, etc. More of that please. :)

Of course if she ends up eating or hurting Wendell later on her path to becoming the Ann of chapter 1, I'll probably cry, so don't do that.



Author's Response:

Well, not to ignore your requests, but I've already written the entire 80 chapters. So I can't alter the method of delivery. I'm just posting one a day so as not to overload the readers. However, I can tell you that you've got 76 more chapters to enjoy with nobody at all being eaten. As for the vorophile, she did ask his position and went about it politely. Also the Ann in the 1950s flashback narrative is a teenager. The Ann in 1996 is in her 50s.

I actually started with the vore idea, and thought it would (as you so wonderfully put it) be surreal indeed to have her tell the little guy in great detail of the life she had, before going on to eat him.

I'm not into homicidal or suicidal vore. As a Christian, I'd find that wrong, and my own fantasy would be to teleport out of the girl's tummy and survive, avoiding being digested. I'm glad you're enjoying this though. As it turns out you'll mostly see what you want in your requests, except for the very last two chapters in 76 days' time. You could just tune out when they get posted eventually.

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Date: September 21 2014 Title: Chapter 4: Chapter 4: THE NIGHT BRINGS ADVENTURE

I like your style of writing, the way you construct your sentences. I've never seen anything quite like it. It reminds me of reading an old book, perhaps one written before 1950. I like Ann more and more. At first, I was utterly mystified by her. In chapter 2, she simply picked up Wendell from behind a flower as if it were the most natural thing in the world. No surprise at the existance of such a tiny human. She seemed unbelieveable. But now I see her personality is one of calm calculation, objective analysis of the situation, and she proceeds through life with a sense of unshakable logic mixed with controlled curiosity. I feel she is a genius with a dramatically reduced capacity to express emotion. Perhaps she opens up a bit more later in the story.



Author's Response:

And you have quite an intuitive analysis of the character. Yes, I was trying to emulate older writing styles, and particularly the expressions used by teenage cartoon super heroes in the 1960s, although the bulk of the story is set in 1953. Her emotions will show at times too. Talking to a tiny guy and a robot for most of the dialog makes for an interesting dynamic.