RE: Decision

You know it's uncanny... I have written short stories in the Ink Well before where a particular reader has come in and said... so what about this and this? And... it feels like something is off (?)... He was an English High School teacher and gave really good advice... and I've been like... hmmm... yep agree agree... and I had considered these options but... aargh deadlines !LOLZ and sometimes our stories grow legs and would benefit from being developed into serial fiction or novelettes instead of short stories but we publish them anyway as is... because we do have alternative endings... and often alternative beginnings and middling too hehe... but time!!! Nice to be able to step back though and reflect - consider that sometimes a few more paragraphs could have wrapped up all the loose ends or developed and fleshed out the side stories. Otherwise, we just end up adding unnecessary noise to the artwork, if we add detail that we never explain. I wish I had at least one person every day giving me some critique on my writing that would help me to see it from another perspective and gain some insights into how to improve the way it reads. I did love your ending. I thought it was quite poetic in fact! And I love that it took me by surprise. So I would have kept that, just added a little flesh to the bits I mentioned... but I am just one reader hehe. Nice writing!