They
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend The idea for “They” came to me on a winter evening at twilight when I peered out my living room window toward a snowstorm, only to be surprised by shadows moving behind the veil of snow. Low shadows. Swift. Large. At once, they were gone. Probably just my imagination, I decided. A trick of the fading light. Or maybe the shadows belonged to some dogs running past my house, eager to get out of the storm. But then my imagination kicked in. What… Product details and pricing info |
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7 Customer Reviews Posted
- Life is tough, but when "They" come ...
- David Morrell has written a compelling story about a family in the wild. Told in the first person by a young 12 year old with detail pulling at many feelings and emotions that had me riveted to read until the very end. This is a time in the early days where families moved from place to place trying to live off the land, working together, and making a life for themselves.
This family has made their place making a decent living, able to support themselves being able to stay in place when all others have moved away. As if life wasn't hard enough, when winter hits and tragedy strikes, the young protagonist does what it takes to stay alive when vicious dogs takes everything that is dear.
This story is set in the old western days when life is tough, but with the added terror of what "They" do it touches on horror.
I enjoyed reading this story and am looking forward to reading more of this authors work.
Written by Vickie, (Tory Lynn, author of My Charming Protector.) - 2008-12-01, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Creepy Little House on the Prairie
- What happens if you cross Little House on the Prairie with Wolfen? Read this Amazon short and you'll find out.
This story is told from exactly the same perspective as Laura Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie. The similarities abound. You've got Ma, Pa, and the log cabin. Except here the threats are Wolfen-like creatures that are constantly watching from the snowy shadows outside. And as this young girl struggles to survive, perhaps she comes to slightly different conclusions about her family members than Laura Ingalls does.
Life on this prairie is a little more dangerous. - 2008-02-13, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Best Since Leiningen Versus the Ants
- This terrific tale reminds me of the classic Leiningen versus the Ants in that it is a survival tale of man versus a powerful natural enemy. In this case, Morrell's hero is a boy, and the enemy a pack of fire scared canines, but the thrill is here as it is in Leiningen.
I've been a fan of Morrell's work for some time. This short story does not disappoint. If the story seems to end abruptly for some, one has to keep in mind that the epilogue would probably, if written, contain only that an absence of evidence was ever found, and that would be, in my opinion anti-climatic.
In any event, I think this maybe destined to be a classic tale of action and adventure, though it also falls into horror, and the western genre. - 2008-01-06, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- A Chilling Tale from a Master Craftsman
- THEY is a thoughtful story with page-turning quality which is well-crafted. I loved the story and how David Morrell brought together the different pieces of a high drama. It kept my attention. Would-be fiction authors (which seems to be plentiful at least in my circles) can learn great lessons in pacing and storytelling from careful study of this Amazon Short. I highly recommend it.
- 2007-01-03, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Shortened too short
- This story starts out fast paced and tries to cram too much into few pages, then ends predictably and cut short. The reader [meaning me anyway] ends up feeling like something was either left out or not completed to an end that gives closure...and jumping the story's main character to her present time does not obsolve the author promise of a good story. Nothing like the scary "reviews" others gave and was mildly amusing if anything, but definitely NOT scary. Given time and deeper thought this author could have had a masterpiece, instead we ended up with a story appropriately titled an Amazon SHORT.
- 2006-11-12, 1 of 4 people found this review helpful, Rated:
