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The Man Behind the Screen's avatar

The way this is paced and formatted adds an interesting... let's call it texture, to the story. It feels more like a succinct prose poem than it does the typical snipped sized story-in-brief we usually get with 100 word flash fiction. This is to the piece's benefit, I'd say. I often find 100 word fantasy stories feel a little too bare to be satisfying, but whether intentionally or not, the fact it reads like a prose poem helps alleviate that common issue. That is to say, it feels like you were very careful about your word choice and imagery, which makes this short piece feel distinctly more impactful than most 100 word fantasy stories I've read. Well done.

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Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

Battle of the Bastards, what an epic episode (never mind bows and arrows ;) A great vignette, I must try one of these sometime.

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