Interiors

(1) Things Fall Apart (Sentinel)

By Meredith Lynne
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 17th April 2001 (4)
Tags: Short Story
(17K)

This is another one of those Sentinel Too (part 1) fixes, but I'm not averse to reading more of them -- not if they're this good. This was short, just one scene, but I liked the imagery and I liked how they both chose.

Addendum: nominated for favourite epilogue in the 2001 Cascade Times Awards.

(2) Metaphysics (Sentinel)

By Meredith Lynne
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 17th April 2001 (5)
Tags: Novelette
(68K)

This is the sequel to "Things Fall Apart" -- it was lovely! The guys actually talk about it all! They don't just gush it out in a soppy way, though, they talk around it, dancing around it, very in character. Angst and insights and resolution. My print-out is peppered with ticks for the good bits, like Blair's comments about Simon's car, phrases like "He'd been pretty spooked by the pulse-free anthropologist scene" and...
    For several long moments, Jim just stared. The kid looked -- really, really good.
    He looked alive, mostly, and everything else was gravy, but everything else, that looked pretty decent too.

And other bits too, not just nicely put, but good points.

Yes, the crowd goes wild.