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abbybyrd 2008-03-11 ch 5, anon.	abuseholy crap this story is creepy! I can't wait to read more!
sarion 2008-03-03 ch 5, anon.	abusegood horror story, it would be amazing if you could finish it. with the bad guy beat i'll sleep better. it's scaring the the butterflies into my stomach. please update?
Amethyst Asheryn 2007-12-31 ch 5,	abuseGosh, I'm sorry I haven't reviewed before this...But I really enjoyed reading this (...Enjoyed, indeed-but it scared the hey out of me since I'm reading it at 12:30 A.M,in a room where nobody else is present...smart me :D) This surely isn't the end...Update again, please, I'm really interested in how this turns out. I love the way you've written this. It's different from the writing style you used with 'The Whims of Lady Luck', but I do't think the writing style you used with Lady Luck would fit well with this story anyway. Love it. Ashe
Oni no Hisaki Prite 2007-12-30 ch 5,	abuseOh, if you go to update another story anytime soon, I hope more than anything that it's this one. I mean, I mean... I read it before, and of course it was good, but going back and reading it again... I've been scared anew. Stories don't scare me, but this one does. That's probably not much of a motivating statement. It's not even very much in the way of an explanitory statement, is it? But your story is really amazing. I feel like I'm connecting with the characters and I'm really looking forward to seeing how they'll overcome the next stunt Peter Brandle pulls.
Emily 2007-11-19 ch 5, anon.	abuseThis story is AWESOME. Like, it's unbelievable how good this is. And it's scary and I can't wait both to hear more about anything that happens for it and for it to reach the present day where the narrator is speaking. It's so exciting.
Potatoe1988 2007-11-12 ch 5,	abuseI loved this, even if it did majorly creep me out. Yes, I'm easily scared. Also it is 1am which isn't a good time for scary things. Is it finished?
Ryu 2007-11-11 ch 5, anon.	abuseIf I could give you a thousand reviews for motivation, I would. You do such an excellent job of making supernatural elements seem realistic, while keeping their unreal natures intact enough to allow them to remain extremely frightening. What I really enjoy about this is that it seems like there is a moral conflict of sorts beneath everything, a more intricate version of good v. evil playing in the background. Also... that cat scares the _shit_ out of me.
Sobran 2007-10-23 ch 5, anon.	abuseCreepy story and unusual style of narration, sort of detached and gothic-like. I enjoyed it. Thanks for writing.
Madam Centipede 2007-10-14 ch 5,	abuseMan, this is absolutely amazing. When i saw the new chapter it was like Christmas came early.
A Scarred Soul 2007-10-11 ch 5,	abuseWow, this story is so amazing - it gives me shivers thinking about what is behind the doors and where the blind cat is and where Nero is and everything. Please, update soon!
Sychaeus 2007-10-10 ch 5,	abuseYou are amazing. I though that Holly Black did a good job at making the unreal fit into a real world- keeping it gritty and mundane, yet still so beautiful. You're better. You've made the impossible fight against evil by these kids a whole world- i mean, the whole world has been narrowed down to Still Creek, to what's going on there, to these kids and their... not even acceptance of what's going on. It just all happens so naturally. What i'm really wondering is what happens to make him leave- why he has to travel back when he's older. It seems like he's the one alwasy leaving, and having to return. Like he's almost a bit of an outsider yet, or something. I can't see nay of the others being able to get away. I don't know why. Oh, and the way they each seem to able to fight this thing in their own way, but it's not 'super hero'. It's common sense, anger, love, possession and protection. Dreams and belief and determination. The way it's reality verses fantasy, but in order for common sense to prevail you really ahve to acknowledge that there's an absence of it. Or something. I don't know. I just really love this. I'd say it's one of the best stories i've read- it's amazing. I wouldn't be at all disappointed if i bought this in a bookshop. I'd be thrilled. Brandle is wonderful as well. He's so mysterious, but so real. And also, he's there- a true presence, but he's also... inhuman. gah. Im rambling. But i really want to read more. This is.. i've already said it =p.
lilylupin7 2007-10-09 ch 5,	abuseThe story is so creepy, but the vagueness of the plot keeps me hooked. I just want to find out what's going on ^_^
AmethystAsheryn 2007-09-02 ch 4, anon.	abuseHmm. Interesting. So because he kinda remained logical, and knew that since the door was locked he had to unlock it, he blocked it? Cool. :) The only thing--why do you keep switching from 'I' to 'he' or 'him' at random points? Just curious..
Sychaeus 2007-09-01 ch 4,	abuseOh My God. This is creepy. Really creepy. I can't believe i have to go try to sleep now, not knowing what's going to happen? Target how? What's Eddie, really? And when does this "black hole" happen, that he gets called back for? The way you've written this is just, so foreboding and fantastic. I love it. And the style. beginning with "little Maxy"- it's really got the tone right for reminiscing, looking back, but still living it. It's great. I really hope you write more soon.
tomato-greens 2007-08-18 ch 4,	abuseThis scares me. This doesn't sound like much, but I am very rarely frightened by words on paper. I just sit up, look around, and whatever adrenaline was in me leaks out again. This, though--maybe it's just that I'm reading it alone, at night (though the cricket sounds are comforting)--I find this unutterably creepy. I read a Poppy Z. Brite novel, once: Drawing Blood. It was enough that I forever swore off her earlier books. I mention this only because I've seen her name on your profile. This story affects me even more deeply than that did; I guess I'm more comfortable with the Internet as a medium, because I don't feel the need to stop reading this though it's even more frightening. Take a break, yes, just to pet my kitty and feel a little safer, but not stop. I think the creepiest thing about this is that it's so easy to imagine as real. I mean, everyone has heard of missing kids, or kidnapped kids, or runaways, or even had that happen in their neighborhood. Everyone has known someone who seems weird and seedy around the edges--not to the extent Peter Brandle is, of course, but someone who could conceivably be with him. I think you also have a great understanding of the human, like, fear threshold, and your treading it most admirably. Deep-seated, almost inherent fears added to great images equals shivers down the spine. Other than the amazing consistency in characterization and, from what I've seen, plot, I think the most wonderful thing about this is your understanding of the mechanics of writing. I don't see any grammatical discrepancies, punctuation problems, or overused words; all problems that plague most amateur fiction. Now I feel like I've sounded a little creepy, so I'll be going, but. Yeah. I wish I could write like this.

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