Unshowy, precise, jaunty, and fanciful. Your craft is top-notch. You do not waste a single word. You know how to make a sentence work. Rhythm, timing. I can feel it. The logic of the story is never incoherent. Balancing deadpan and slapstick. “Julienne had squashed Charlie’s romantic dreams and convinced him to work for her almost in the same breath.” A master class in bleak hilarity and hopelessness. This is classic storytelling, Terry. That is for those of us weaned on the absurd. And see the world that way. Very inspiring.
Unshowy, precise, jaunty, and fanciful. Your craft is top-notch. You do not waste a single word. You know how to make a sentence work. Rhythm, timing. I can feel it. The logic of the story is never incoherent. Balancing deadpan and slapstick. “Julienne had squashed Charlie’s romantic dreams and convinced him to work for her almost in the same breath.” A master class in bleak hilarity and hopelessness. This is classic storytelling, Terry. That is for those of us weaned on the absurd. And see the world that way. Very inspiring.
I enjoyed this one as much as “Cake Day”. And I see Charlie having more unique adventures.