Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Critique.
Hap and Let Down
A gift to the world if television plays the standard quarantining roles of whisking away boredom or glazing the room with adventurous background noise. Except for Hap and Leonard’s diluted water ending. Closure wasted; plot teased then tasteless; a sad farewell instead of a monumental example of southern fried greatness. 9/10
By Willem Indigo3 years ago in Critique
Under the Dome
Mysterious, impenetrable dome cuts off town from outside world. Factions form, violence and mayhem ensue. In Under the Dome, Stephen King has created a microcosm of humanity to mirror our faults as well as our best qualities. This novel is a treatise on human nature. Captivating and nail biting. Masterful.
By Andrew C McDonald3 years ago in Critique
Snow Hill
Atop a snow covered hill a group of six figures hold colorful ribbons dancing about a May pole with train tracks in the distance. In Andrew Wyeth’s culminating masterwork they dance in anticipation of his impending death for the hell he put them through. Notice there are seven ribbons however.
By Kevin Rolly3 years ago in Critique
The Soft Bulletin
From a chance encounter and memory... I knew the name; some doubts about their sound and choices. From a listening centre (remember Tower Records?).... Hypnotized by Spider Bites, Bleeding Heads, Waiting for a Superbeing and Disintegrations...
By Kendall Defoe 3 years ago in Critique
Watership Down
After a doomsday foretelling, a colony of resilient rabbits set off on an epic quest to find a new home. With Fiver (psychic), Hazel (his protector), Bigwig (soldier/fighter), Dandelion, and others, the rabbits overcome many dangers from humans, canines, as well as other rabbits along the way to Watership Down.
By Andrew C McDonald3 years ago in Critique
The Hippy Movement.
"It was not only mud, but cow manure and it was so dark it looked like chocolate syrup." “I had a view of the field and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” says Porter. “Waves and waves of torrential water hitting hundreds of thousands of people who had nowhere.
By Dawn Earnshaw3 years ago in Critique
What to expect of "Great Expectations"
A timeless story, told through the perspective of our protagonist Pip, about how are actions, no matter how small or large have lasting consequences. This classic reminds us, to great effect, how small the world can be and how inextricably woven all of stories are to our everyone around us.
By Tyler C Douglas3 years ago in Critique
Trapped Souls.
What is the SOUL? How is it defined? How is it trapped? From a multidimensional standpoint: The soul is ageless because all time is simultaneous, and in addition, the soul originates from outside of time as we know it. The soul split up in different fragments of the soul entity.
By Dawn Earnshaw3 years ago in Critique
