Monday, April 23, 2007

Short Story: A Grave Error by Cheryl Kaye Tardif

Rivetting short story opening lines are hard to find available free to read on the Internet. A Grave Error by Cheryl Kaye Tardif is the exception.

Myrtle Murphy had everything she wanted out of life―a dead husband, a grown son who’d moved to the opposite coast and neighbors who minded their own business. But what she didn’t have was money. She needed a job.
Already, the reader gets the feeling that Myrtle Murphy will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Just the stuff for a good read. I was hooked!

Strong characterisation of the ex-husband left me feeling he only got what he deserved. Then I thought 'Oh my goodness, I'm condoning murder?'

So perhaps I'd better keep my reactions to the short story to myself ...

A good free read.

By for now

Rob

(Rob Hopcott - free online fiction author)

1 comments:

Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song said...

I stumbled upon this when I was doing a vanity search...hehe.

I am so happy that my opening lines had this effect. It is exactly what I was hoping for.

However, I'm sorry to say that A Grave Error is no longer free. Amazon Shorts picked it up. The good news is it only costs .49 cents US. (I think I'm worth that...hehehe)

~Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of the bestselling novel Whale Song, The River, Divine Intervention and the Amazon Shorts: A Grave Error and Picture Perfect.

www.cherylktardif.com