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Review of The Vacation  
Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: 18+ | (4.5)
Reading "The Vacation" reminded me of evil men I heard about in my growing up years; men who appear kind and friendly but turn out to be evil as told by the elderly people in my village. Thinking about it, I realize that this tale is almost as real as the stories I have heard many, many years ago. The author brought back the fear that I used to feel as a young girl.

This tale of a young woman's vacation does impress upon readers (like me) the realisation that "Celeste" has grown up learning and picking up her father's strength of character. She did not panicked when "Phillipe" "...grabbed her ankle" and proceeded to pull her. Even as she was fearful, she managed to climb out of the hole; proceeded the next day to tell the police of her experience, and became the heroine when she took the police where "Phillipe" was found with "his bloodied face and sightless eyes".


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Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: 13+ | (3.5)
I wish I can leave my world and live in "The Mythical Village of Luna". I would love to be protected by dragons and by mermaids so that I can live in peace and quiet, away from the noise that bothers my eardrums and let me enjoy a life without fear and anxiety.

This piece of writing sends my spirits wanting for such a world, a place of contentment and without worries; a place where I can think and write as much as I wish. But alas, such a place is nothing but a dream. However, it is thanks to the author, reading about such a place has given me a chance to search for it.


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Review of Mermaids are real  
Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: 13+ | (3.5)
As I reviewed "Mermaids are real", I told myself that mermaids are not real. As a child, I did remember telling myself that mermaids are not real; that they are merely an idea, a thought that sprouted from a writer's mind. And of course, I still believe mermaids are not real at all. However, again, to my surprise, it became apparent that mermaids are real as depicted in this short tale. Only because of one person's remarks that mermaids are real because they get pregnant.

I am therefore referring to the remarks of one "Dione" whose "last word" referred to a pregnant mermaid, which would have been impossible if the mermaid was merely an idea or a thought. The students were definitely convinced of the reality of a mermaid because one author wrote about one who became pregnant. Interesting, indeed.


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Review of American ways  
Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
As I reviewed the "American ways", I realized the author's bright idea of a comparison between a practice in Eastern Europe with that of the American way. To a grandfather who was recently admitted into America, he realized that in order to "get success" he must "get up and get it yourself". Upon his admission, the grandfather decided to go into "a cafeteria in lower Manhattan" and have something to eat. As he sat on a table waiting for someone to get his order, the grandfather observed "a woman with a tray full of food" and who further informed him that "if you wait for people to serve you, you will wait forever."

For example, I do like the way the author suggested that "a good cafeteria will offer you a wide range of delicious food to choose from" but that "The options are there before us" and that it is one's choice to "grab hold of what we want before it is too late!"


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Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
"Wish I wasn't born" got me thinking: why did a girl disappear after she "got into the best Medical University..."? At the start of this short tale, here is a girl who is trying really hard to please her parents. However, one day when she got home and heard a conversation between her parents, she realized that making her parents happy was actually not what she wanted to do.

As I read this short tale, I, too, realized that as children we are bound to try and make our parents happy. However, like this girl we come to realize that making others haqppy is actually not the purporse why we try to do our best. I definitely would not blame the girl for disappearing because I believe she wanted to be happy for herself. And I do not really blame her.


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Review of Neighbourhood  
Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
"Neighborhood" is a tale of memories that reminded Sam and Sarah the many years they spent in a neighborhood some where in a countryside. Their life together were spent with numerous experiences of "laughter and drama." It was a neighborhood that began with one house built by Sam to shelter his wife and children. The neighborhood grew with many more newcomers who made up the 50 years of a countryside, where neighbors shared joys and tears. Though many changes happened during the 50 years the couple spent in the neighborhood, they realised they were happy "whether alone or in a crowd."

The human interest in this tale is strong and admirable. Experiences were shared, tears were shed with and for each neighbor, and happiness were shared. Is it a dream of pure joy?



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Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: 18+ | (3.5)
To the author of "The Spotlight Effect", I would like to assure you that your experience with regard to "... there is more to life than what other people think of me..." First, I would you to know that ever since I was a child, I knew all along that I am a shy child. Throughout my young years, and for that matter, even at the present time, I have always wondered what people think of me when they see me or talk to me. In school, I would rather show my ability to spell, read, or for that matter, write, by simply writing it all down on paper. I always think people think of me as "nothing" but just another face, and an ugly face at that. I am incoherent when I answer questions from my teachers since I first attended school at 7 years old. I remember even my classmates have no time for me; and for that, I have always thought was because I am nothing at all, just a caricature of myself. The shyness in me prevents me from joining a debating club because I am unable to stand up and talk without "cringing" or feeling sick to my stomach. Do people really think of me as "ugly"?????

So, there you are. Shyness is deep within me; takes away my desire to talk and speak. However, I can write and write and write without a feeling of distress. Now if I was talking to you in person, you would probably think of me as a mouse because I just cannot speak out without feeling sick to my stomach.

Your piece of work sends a message to others who are able to see and read it. That is why I read it because that is "me" you are writing about in your "The Spotlight Effect".

All good wishes,

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Review of The long night  
Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
"The long night" tells us of "Phyllis" who had fallen on the bathroom floor when she rushed to answer the telephone's ring. She was "exhausted by hours of screaming for help" as well as "berating herself for her stupidity." As she lay on the cold bathroom floor, her thoughts wandered, remembering the death of her husband some years ago as well as the birth of her daughter, who insisted she wears a "safety alarm" around her neck and never take it off. However, she began to shiver, her "breathing was shallow" and her last thoughts were of John who was probably was on the telephone, needing her help to find his wallet. As she "no longer feeling the cold, just a terrible thirst", Phyllis "stepped up to the light and grabbed" John's hand.

The trajedy of Phyllis is one of the many ways that death happens to any family. Like any other elderly, she thought she was capable; however, falling and the inability of the fallen person to get off the floor is one case of an accident that do happen. There are many cases of this kind of accident; and still most of our elderly do die because of "accidents" in the home. Many elderly, I believe, are aware of accidents that may happen to them; yet they manage somehow to become an "accident" in their own home.


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Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
As I reviewed "How it feels to be guilty", I realized that the writer was expressing his thoughts through a series of incidents that occurred, that somehow made him "feel guilty". It is understandable that feelings of guilt do happen to people, either because they think they do not deserve the treatment. However, I believe that feelings of embarrassment do happen because some people have a strong sense of gratitude in their hearts.

When we accept the generosity of others, we get feelings that we do not deserve such generosity; and then we realize that the best thing to do is to express our gratitude to those people who are as happy to provide us with what they believe is their way to connect with us/ others. In short feelings of guilt are sometimes a natural way to happily accept what is given to us...


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Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
Hurrah and great for the opportunity to embrace life...




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Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
"The Stranger's Gift" is a wonderful work of writing. I would call it an art because I felt a sense of "togetherness" with a girl who, in her "daydreaming", realized she was after all "beautiful".

This short tale is a work of art, an expression of wonder that is brought about by "a pair of man's shoes" when she danced on her way home from school. It is a girl's realization that she is, after all, "beautiful" inspite that she thinks of herself as a "parish poor" as well as "the girl who wore hand me down uniforms and second hand shoes". On the one day she walked home, she realized she "was beautiful" when a stranger danced with her and complimented her with, "Thanks, Beautiful, for the dance."

I have been reviewing other writers' works lately, and this short piece brought to mind how one simple thank you from a stranger brings and gives joy and happiness to another. Are we like that man as we, too, walk home from school??????


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Review of Revenge  
Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: 13+ | (3.5)
"Revenge" is a tale of one man who felt "cheated", which I believe may have been the reason he decides to kill her, when his wife left him; a man who believes he must kill the wife who left him for another. It is rather a shame or rather pitiful that one man would actually kill the wife who replaced him. This man must have gone through a lot of thinking to finally decide to kill his wife. Did he feel cheated? Why did he think he had the right to kill his wife? What kind of a man decides to get rid of his wife? Did he think or probably believes he has the right to kill because the wife is his and he definitely believes his wife is his, and that she must be gotten rid of for breaking their marriage? There are numerous questions why this man decides to kill; however, I believe it does not give him the right to kill. We, of course, assume he was hurt; that his wife did break her marriage promise to love her husband until she dies; and because of the promise one makes as a marriage vow.

In life, there are many, many ways a wife and/or a husband get to a situation as a result of which they break up. There are also many, many ways by which a husband, and for that matter a wife, must realize that killing one's partner is his or her right when their married life is broken. Does this man really did not realize that he would be found out (or will be accused) as the killer due to using his own tie to kill his wife?

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Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
I would agree with the "Native American" who longed for the past. Although "The Way of the Future" tells of the "majestic modern construct" that was "dominating the landscape" as well as the deep yearning of one "proud Native American" "for the past", I realized the sadness of one person as he viewed and longed "for the past".

When one person realizes the changes that are happening in his own backyard, like losing the wide spaces that gave him pride, he/she begins to yearn for the past, the past that gave him/her vast spaces upon which he/she are able to appreciate and love. This kind of deep longing becomes the very thing that would make a person wish he/she was back in the past.

The large changes that happen to people, and the deep yearning for the past, are things that are brought about by modernizing as well as the need to gain more material things. It is indeed a pity that people lose their sense of belonging because of their need to grow...



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Review of It Is What It Is  
Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
"It Is What It Is" is a short tale of old Mr. Pottle, who thinks of gardening but decides to have a cup of tea first. Then he falls asleep, awakens and decides to clean the chimney. With another look at his garden, he decides finally to shuffle "to the back door to unlock it." However, "the heavens opened, pouring with rain". With that Mr. Pottle "thought, it is what it is, and went to put the kettle on."

What a wise old man, Mr. Pottle is!!!!!!!!



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Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
"Bigger Fish to Fry: Circa 1958 WC 247" is a short tale of final exams in school. In this tale, "Sarah Broadhurst" was one of the pupils in "Mrs. Abbott's" class, taking the final exam. She noticed two of the other students sharing their answers, which she thought was not allowed. However, as she looked out of the window, she saw "a huge mushroom cloud on the horizon", she decided to crawl "under her desk", and uttered a prayer. It dawned on her "that she would get another chance to eat fried fish"; and that "Mrs. Abbott's class had much bigger fish to fry than a stupid math test".

Sarah realized the meaning of the mushroom cloud; and therefore, in her mind, the test became just a passing experience because there is a chance for her "to heat fried fish". This tale tells us how a girl becomes to realize how ridiculous it was to envy the other two classmates who shared the exam answers; and that all she had thoughts of was "she would get another chance to eat fried fish." Would a reader of this tale learn something from Sarah's action and thoughts?


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Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
"Remembrance Day W/C 393" is a short tale of a girl, "Mandy", who keeps her room filled "with all matter of junk". Also, she leaves her drawers open so that her cat has a place to sleep, resulting in the discovery of dead kittens. Somehow, it was decided that drawers are now to be closed; and that the dead kittens are buried, so that Mandy would remember the day of the burial, which is "July 16th every year".

This is a tale of a girl who seems to love "junk" in her room as well as kittens in her drawers. I wonder though; would Mandy ever learn to keep her room tidy and clean as well as keep her drawers shut? Surely, there must be some kind of growing up?


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Review of Maintenance  
Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
"Maintenance" is a lovely tale of love that developed between two guys. It is neither about sex nor something about physical love; I believe this tale tells us of a great respect for each other by two guys; an elderly and a younger one. It is a story that developed into a "love and respect" that the younger man felt; and as he realized how much the elderly guy meant to him. Especially when "Alex's heart broke, but there was nobody there to fix it."

Humanity is alive in this short tale.


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Review of Her Smile  
Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
"Her Smile" did not make me smile as I reviewed it. The slow start to a "killing" was somewhat strange to me at first. Then, I realized that I was reading a tale of how a person becomes a killer. I have read about people changing into killers; and this short tale proved to me that there must be a truth about people who change in one moment, and turn into a killing machine.

This short tale frightens me as well as reminds me that there must be a truth to some tales about people who can change into another, such as one who can snap another's neck and "tossed his lifeless body to the side."

What a fearsome tale...


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Review of Go Figure  
Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
Wow, what an ending. As I reviewed "Go Figure", I realized I was as confused as the telephone owner as I held my breath to see who was at the front door, but was taken off guard when the man grabbed the telephone and disposed off of the confused person in the telephone.

This short tale catches the reader right at the beginning; and I believe the author has a bright sense of putting words together, using a little confusion, and ending with a "Go figure!", which made me laugh, realizing I have been "caught" off guard...



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Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
This short tale of "The Golden Anniversary" was written for the purpose of remembering. It is a beautiful way to remember a loved one; a wonderful way to celebrate and feel once more the past that gave "Catherine" "another three hundred and sixty-five days..." of living the years without her husband. To her, the years without her husband were not filled with tears but were "another three hundred and sixty-five days until she would be with him". It is a most pleasurable way to come to terms with the fact that she is alone and will be until the day when she, too, "would be with him again". It is, in fact, a wonderful realization that when a partner leaves (dies), that Catherine would fill her "alone" life with all the wonderful thoughts of how her husband made her life complete.

This is, in fact, a truly great example on how to be happy and accept the lonely life that one has to go through when a partner "leaves". The acceptance plus the remembering of the wonderful days would make a good effort in loving an "alone" life.


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Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
The short tale, "Trip to the Town Hall" gave me a picture of a person, wandering all over town "still wearing my bedroom slippers." I wondered why this person did not feel embarrassed when he entered the Town Hall, where he collided with a boy "holding a drink box of chocolate milk" on his way to pay his taxes; and while his shirt smelled of and drenched with chocolate; then he stopped at the store, with his shirt still smelling "yummy, chocolatey"? He felt "pretty good" as he paid his taxes, only to realize he had on his "bedroom slippers" when he got home.

It is a tale of someone whose mind was completely occupied with the thought of taxes, thereby he became aware when he got home that he was traipsing all over town with his bedroom slippers still on. Reminded me actually of an occasion when I went downtown with my new slippers on!!!


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Review of Dance with me  
Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: 13+ | (3.5)
"Dance with me" is all about this man who tried all sorts of ways to get back the love of the woman he loves. However, while at his work site, he realized there is still a chance to win the love of woman he loves. And back at home, he was patient with her, danced with her, was most pleasant with her, even very much in control of all his faculties. However, there came the accidental touching of her "thigh"; and all the coldness and anger came back.

And the man just gave up.

This is a man wihout honor, without a backbone; a man whose very nature shows his dependence upon things that are artificial and temporary. Somehow, however, there is a glimmer of hope for him when at the end of the tale, it reveals, "Sometimes it's just knowing where to look."
Yes, there is a glimmer of hope for this man.

Kudos to the writer, though, for writing about this man; about his insincerity; about his attitude of nonchalance; about his coldness. We meet them every day in our earthly life; and it never seems to amaze me that somehow they manage to live as if they have the attitude of "knowing where to look".

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Review by elephantsealer
In affiliation with SENIOR CENTER GROUP  
Rated: E | (3.5)
"Take the Wheel WC:298" is a tale of two brothers, who have been estranged from each other for quite some time. The younger brother seems very much aware of this estrangement. So he decided not to talk too much. Instead, when his older brother, Avery, asked him to take over the wheel during their drive to Bemidji, the younger one, Paul, replied with, "I'm not Jesus." Well, the older brother sort of got annoyed when he said, do "not get all holy-roller on me."

Further along the drive, Avery asked if Paul is bugged because he is "so crass". Paul decided not to reply because he did not want "to make matters worse." Then, the accident happened as they found themselves in their car, "inches away from disaster." On their way once again, somehow Avery said, "Oh my God, we should have been killed." Again, Paul seemed much more aware of the meaning of the accident, replied with, "I know, but Jesus took the wheel." And on they drove to Bemidji without saying much to each other.

From this last sentence, it seems both Avery and Paul have found something that should bring back the love they both lost when they became estranged from each other. I think, Avery mush have realized that he had been a bit too angry with Paul because maybe in his life he must have been a bit too angry or maybe too selfish? What really made the point here is the fact that Paul has that quiet understanding of the presence of God/Jesus in his life; and therefore, he, too, realized that his brother does need the presence of God in his life.

This is a tale of love; of two brothers who have realized the gap between them; yet somehow in the drive to Bemidji, where their father lay dead, there is still time to love; to forgive, and to realize there is this time to break lose of anger/jealousy/or whatever is in the mind of each brother.

What a tale. I believe the writer has found a way to tell his readers that if we try to be honest with each other, the chance of "anger" taking over and losing our "love" would not be a problem.


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Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: 18+ | (3.5)
Hello, WritingCoffeeBear,

I am with you; writing is neither a hobby nor a trivial thing. Writing as I understand it is/are thoughts and ideas expressed from the heart and mind of a person. I am a person; and therefore my wriing is something that comes from my heart, my thoughts, my ideas, or things that I learn and hope to learn and find out as I read books, pamphlets, novels, stories, poetry, and many other written works. I believe I would be lost in a world where I would find no written materials that would show me and tell me why writing is an important part of my life. Writing is what life is.

All good wishes,


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Review by elephantsealer
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Rated: E | (3.5)
The story of "A Tree Called Eden" tells of a ship with a load of humans returning to earth. The tale tells of how earth died and its inhabitants left many years before. However, now a ship of humans have arrived, and somehow the oak tree, known for its name, Eden, is very much interested in seeing the humans. Somehow Eden has no idea at all what/how humans look like, that Eden thought humans have roots, too.

The story is written well, and is focused on Eden and its idea of "rooted" humans; and further tells of how Eden came to grow roots, unaware that Eden was a tiny seed in its early life, that Eden did grow somehow after the humans left earth; and that Eden now awaits with much anticipation for the disembarckation of humans.


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