Author Topic: A Perfect Line  (Read 2490 times)

Brad Young

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A Perfect Line
« on: November 04, 2019, 08:56:19 PM »
Waldo recently sent Vicki and me (and likely a bunch of you too) a link to a short story he'd written. The story would probably be about a dozen pages long if it were printed out.

I thought it was fantastic and told him so.

Apparently a bunch of judges agreed; he won second place in The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Awards.

The name of the story is "Tryst." It's centered on climbing; read it if you want details. Here's a link:

http://www.theghoststory.com/tryst

With Bob's permission, here's what in my opinion is the single most perfect line in the story:

"This will be the best move of my life, or my last.”

Wow!



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Re: A Perfect Line
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2019, 09:24:55 PM »
like it
Here's to sweat in your eye

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Re: A Perfect Line
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2019, 11:42:40 PM »
"What games we play with ourselves for summits."
Causing trouble when not climbing.

waldo

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Re: A Perfect Line
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2019, 05:53:22 PM »
Thanks for taking a look at "Tryst", all! I sent an early version to Roper twenty years ago. He turned it down, but liked this rewrite.

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Re: A Perfect Line
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2019, 09:52:23 AM »

Very enjoyable.

Couldn't help notice Sierras in the writeup at the end  :lol:
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