3,699 words (≈ 15 minutes)
“The Masked Transformer”. Be scared, be very scared: this is the “classic universal tale” of good and evil, power and corruption.* This unabridged version of the “Highly commended” short story in the Stringybark 2010 Short Story Award concerns a man who believes that if “clothes maketh the man”, then perhaps wearing a mask will transform him? With a skilled mask maker’s help, he transforms himself but pays a high price.
Language: English
Written in: 2011
Published: 2011-06-14
Word count: 3,699 words (≈ 15 minutes)
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Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:40:42 +0200
Review by: StreetWise Publications on Oct. 21, 2011 : 5 stars
I didn't find this scary. I did find it to be very well written and absorbing. There is the element of good versus evil but for me it was not scary. Or was it? Maybe as a writer and educator I was paying too much attention to the writing and not the story itself. It was very much a can't put down story, always a sign of good, tight writing and excellent story construction. It made me want to know what it was all about and put it in… (more)
Review by: StreetWise Publications on Oct. 21, 2011 : 5 stars
(less)I didn't find this scary. I did find it to be very well written and absorbing. There is the element of good versus evil but for me it was not scary. Or was it? Maybe as a writer and educator I was paying too much attention to the writing and not the story itself. It was very much a can't put down story, always a sign of good, tight writing and excellent story construction. It made me want to know what it was all about and put it in some kind of context. I have read it twice now and will no doubt read it again. I will also be advising my 'Become A Published Author Course participants to read it alongside some other great stuff by some better known writers, but not necessarily better writers!
Perry Gamsby MA(Writing)