A Stranger’s Touch by Anne Brooke
Recommended Read|‘A Stranger’s Touch’ by Anne Brooke has a haunting, unsettling quality. My one negative feeling is that maybe it’s a little too short to achieve what it sets out to portray. Although a strong emotional ‘pull’ is attained in very few words, I would have liked this drawn out and heightened still more, so that I as the reader could equally fall under the ‘stranger’s’ spell as does the prostitute, Red. Unlike some other comments I’ve seen regarding this story, I fully believed that Red and Robbie could come away with a clearer understanding of what they mean to each other; however, I would have liked to feel that Robbie had a lot more to lose. Even so, the story is intriguing and thought-provoking enough to make it memorable. Another good story from Anne Brooke.
Read more about it at her website.
March 19th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Thanks, Sharon!! I’m really pleased you enjoyed the story! I quite understand what you mean about it being longer – the only excuse I have is that Red’s voice in my head was pretty devastatingly strong and I’m not sure my husband could have coped with it any more, tee hee
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Oh lordy, how insane does that sound??!!??
Thank you!
Axxx
March 19th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
I think we need to be a little insane in order to write; why else would we subject ourselves to the torture? I think Red does come across strongly though so I sort of see what you mean, which probably makes me just as insane.
Oh…and I am going to read the two other short stories. I’ve just had edits dumped on me and you know how that is! Sx
March 21st, 2010 at 3:53 pm
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