Nomesque Fiction is home to a treasure trove of fiction. I really like the quirky characters and the fascinating situations in which they find themselves.
I started by reading Dead(ish). I love this story! The title and the description drew me in and the story captivated me. I read the story in one sitting and hated saying bye to the characters when it was done.
I got all caught up in the hunt for Linda’s body. Poor thing, it would suck to wake up dead.
I enjoyed the dark humor immensely.
I also really liked the shifting point-of-view. It was fun to get one character’s side of things and then get a different character’s take on the events as well as his/her opinions on the other characters.
I think the author must’ve had a lot of fun writing this, and that carried over to the reading experience. I know I had some laugh-out-loud moments.
After Dead(ish), I moved on to the Dropbear series. The author is effectively using vignettes to unwrap the story and the tension’s building toward . . . I don’t know yet, but that’s half the fun. Can’t wait for the next posting in the series.
Now I’m enjoying the fairy tales and Peter Pan Revisited.
Nomesque offers highly enjoyable, original stories. Age-old questions and universal truths are sprinkled throughout, but they’ve been reworked for today’s readership and conveyed in the author’s own unique style.
I’m thrilled that the primary author on the site is so prolific. It means I can look forward to a long relationship with this site.
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Nomesque Fiction is a collection of quirky stories usually incorporating some supernatural spice or a smattering of faerie dust. None of the sequences appear to be finished but there is enough posted for the reader to get more than a good share of laughs and it seems the author posts regularly. Each post is short enough that you’ll hardly ever feel the need to put it off until you have ‘time to read’, however, browse at your peril because you’ll probably end up staying there longer than you intended . . .
The site is clean and generally easy to navigate. A few chapters didn’t have a link at the bottom to the next chapter and this frustrated me a little, but the listing on the left helped me get over it.
The writing is engaging, witty and without all the descriptive frills. Usually I enjoy getting stuck into epic novels with detailed action and thought, but thoroughly enjoyed the way this author skips across intervening times when it had nothing to do with the story. The style makes for easy reading and the imaginative (often whacky) story lines keep the reader intrigued.
The author also has the ability to change viewpoints without missing a beat and if you can keep up (and she makes it easy to do), you’re in for a great ride.
If you don’t mind the odd dead person refusing to leave you alone or an interfering fairy godmother making a few rather inconvenient appearances, you’re bound to enjoy this site. No topic is too sacred to be explored here, so sensitive viewers may want to heed a whispered warning – however, the author writes in such an open (often hilarious) way that I struggle to think anyone would truly take offense.
I have to agree with Linda’s editorial review here – this author is having fun writing this and exploring different ideas with a whirlwind of energy. In my opinion, readers will be brushed with the same wind when they visit.
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