Comments on: The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480 Online Fiction Magazine Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:06:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Gef http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-1099 Gef Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:24:04 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-1099 A very cool story. Wistful in a good way. I had to give it five stars. :) A very cool story. Wistful in a good way. I had to give it five stars. :)

]]> By: The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable by Aaron Polson | neo-sentinel.info http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-1094 The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable by Aaron Polson | neo-sentinel.info Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:02:43 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-1094 [...] This story was originally published on September 17, 2009 in the online fiction magazine A Fly in Amber – where you can still read it for free. [...] [...] This story was originally published on September 17, 2009 in the online fiction magazine A Fly in Amber – where you can still read it for free. [...]

]]> By: BestScienceFictionStories.com » Post Topic » The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable by Aaron Polson http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-1093 BestScienceFictionStories.com » Post Topic » The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable by Aaron Polson Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:05:48 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-1093 [...] This story was originally published on September 17, 2009 in the online fiction magazine A Fly in Amber – where you can still read it for free. [...] [...] This story was originally published on September 17, 2009 in the online fiction magazine A Fly in Amber – where you can still read it for free. [...]

]]> By: Milo James Fowler http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-753 Milo James Fowler Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:22:32 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-753 Very nice; consistent tension from opening line to the end; OCD character true to himself; gotta check out more of your work... Very nice; consistent tension from opening line to the end; OCD character true to himself; gotta check out more of your work…

]]> By: Spec Fic Recs from September - KV Taylor – SpecFic and Nonsense http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-726 Spec Fic Recs from September - KV Taylor – SpecFic and Nonsense Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:34:20 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-726 [...] mentioned The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable by Aaron Polson already, but I really can’t discuss my online reading for September and leave [...] [...] mentioned The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable by Aaron Polson already, but I really can’t discuss my online reading for September and leave [...]

]]> By: You know what time it is. - KV Taylor – SpecFic and Nonsense http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-691 You know what time it is. - KV Taylor – SpecFic and Nonsense Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:26:34 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-691 [...] but I’m nowhere near done. Click his link up there in question 10, or just go check out The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable directly. You’ll be converted [...] [...] but I’m nowhere near done. Click his link up there in question 10, or just go check out The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable directly. You’ll be converted [...]

]]> By: Miranda Northrup http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-690 Miranda Northrup Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:18:49 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-690 When you were talking about his dad it made me so.... sad. I have read your story 3 times already and it still has the same effect as the first time. good job, a very thought provoking piece. id like to know what happened when they left though... When you were talking about his dad it made me so…. sad. I have read your story 3 times already and it still has the same effect as the first time. good job, a very thought provoking piece. id like to know what happened when they left though…

]]> By: Justin Pilon http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-687 Justin Pilon Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:41:25 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-687 Wow! Amazing, Aaron. That story kicked ass. Loved the ending. Wow! Amazing, Aaron. That story kicked ass. Loved the ending.

]]> By: Mercedes http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-686 Mercedes Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:18:43 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-686 I've read a lot of your work, and this one is my favorite. So gentle and haunting, and I love the repeat of "The flecks of gold in each eye." Well done. I’ve read a lot of your work, and this one is my favorite. So gentle and haunting, and I love the repeat of “The flecks of gold in each eye.” Well done.

]]> By: Kate http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-678 Kate Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:32:17 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-678 That was seriously lovely. So many beautifully crafted sentences that just lead up to this perfect ending. You are a gift to those of us who'd lost faith in the English language. This will stick with me for some time. <i>I could have picked up the paint anytime, but I left to give him a chance to go.</i> That is the exact line that broke me, man. That was seriously lovely. So many beautifully crafted sentences that just lead up to this perfect ending. You are a gift to those of us who’d lost faith in the English language. This will stick with me for some time.

I could have picked up the paint anytime, but I left to give him a chance to go.
That is the exact line that broke me, man.

]]> By: BP Myers http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-677 BP Myers Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:07:36 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-677 Simply marvelous. Time well spent. Simply marvelous. Time well spent.

]]> By: Natalie L. Sin http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-675 Natalie L. Sin Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:06:16 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-675 I still can't decide whether this story made me sad or not. I like that : ) I still can’t decide whether this story made me sad or not. I like that : )

]]> By: Jameson T. Caine http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-674 Jameson T. Caine Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:51:47 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-674 I loved the touch of having him see what was beyond the door, but not relate it in the narrative. Really helps stoke the imagination of the reader. I loved the touch of having him see what was beyond the door, but not relate it in the narrative. Really helps stoke the imagination of the reader.

]]> By: Cate Gardner http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-670 Cate Gardner Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:48:39 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-670 Beautiful, scary. This is now officially my favourite story of yours. Beautiful, scary. This is now officially my favourite story of yours.

]]> By: LRB http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-668 LRB Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:13:21 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-668 Loved this, Aaron. A beautifully written and haunting piece. Loved this, Aaron. A beautifully written and haunting piece.

]]> By: Carrie Harris http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-667 Carrie Harris Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:09:01 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-667 I love the language and voice here, especially when he talks about the feel of the can in his hands and the magical sound of the metal ball inside. Such a haunting story... I loved it. I love the language and voice here, especially when he talks about the feel of the can in his hands and the magical sound of the metal ball inside. Such a haunting story… I loved it.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-666 Jamie Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:43:42 +0000 http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480#comment-666 That was a haunting little piece, Aaron. Not in the Boo! I gotcha way but the sit back and think wow, that would be truly scary way. That was a haunting little piece, Aaron. Not in the Boo! I gotcha way but the sit back and think wow, that would be truly scary way.

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