Wow, this was amazing! It flows beautifully, and the religious aspects of it are really well done. You've got a few grammatical errors, mainly in the first paragraph, but otherwise, this piece is wonderful. So creepy, but cool at the same time. Rock on!

Blessed be! -Learah

Wow. After reading this, certain words remain in my head, and I'm sure I don't have to tell you which ones. I can't explain the sensation that I'm feeling right now: a mix of confusion, fear, and insanity. This piece almost reminds me of something that Poe would have written, and the "ticking...ticking...ticking" reminds me of "The Telltale Heart". I also like how you didn't ever have the "halloween girl" speak, which her seem more frightening and mysterious. Though it is a bit confusing at times, it wasn't impossible to understand what was going on. I don't know if I'm making any sense...but just know that you did a great job with this one. :D

Very deep and well written. I loved the refrences to Bathory and LaFey. Also, the use of the "ticking...ticking...ticking" was very effective in helping to build the suspense of this story.
Congratulations on your becoming the editor of houseofpain.com and on your upcoming anthology.
Thank you for your kind review of "The Troll". If you would like to use it in the anthology, I would be very happy to work with you in any way to get it done. Let me know what you decide.
**Slave**

Here's my pledge to you, Nicky: each time you take down the review I leave for your story, I will return the following day and post it again. Either gain control of Fictionpress and ban reviews, or be prepared to spend a lot of time taking down reviews that don't praise your collection of misspelled words. Here's my review: this was terrible. Learn to spell first, then learn how to write. Hope that helps!

wow. I don't really know what to say, other than wow! You really have a wonderful gift for writing, and the fact that you can express your thoughts so well is inspiring to me. Thank you so very much for reading my story, and saying what you did. That was very kind. Keep up the amazing work... good luck with your anthology!

Nick
Halloween Girl just left my brain, Tick, Tick, Ticking long after I read it! You have a real gift for scaring the hell out of people, leaving an emotional & psychological impact on your readers in more ways than you know!
Well done writer. This piece would be well suited for an anthology and sincerly hope you will consider it!

Great story and deep insights.

Ticking . . . ticking. cool idea, very scary. i like how you tied this all in to God, and that's a cool way to write. very well written, a bit hard to understand sometimes at the beginning, but i guess that's what you were going for. one more thing. sorry i spelled your name wrong. c=k.
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Well done as always.
Ticking... Ticking.. stuff like that works really well. Paints a better slow horrifying picutre for people.

Great work. Very enjoyable and... just real good.

Hello Nick-
Bloody awesome story you have crafted here. Strange title, though I understand its meaning from reading the story. Nice job on this one.