Comments on: THE LAST PERSON ON EARTH • by Walter Giersbach http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/ The once a day flash fiction magazine. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:25:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: March’s Table of Contents | Every Day Fiction http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/comment-page-1/#comment-4261 March’s Table of Contents | Every Day Fiction Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:56:39 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/#comment-4261 [...] The Last Person on Earth [...] [...] The Last Person on Earth [...]

]]> By: GMoney http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/comment-page-1/#comment-3771 GMoney Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:31:05 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/#comment-3771 Scary, and yet he seemed to be so cool about it! Scary, and yet he seemed to be so cool about it!

]]> By: Walt Giersbach http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/comment-page-1/#comment-3693 Walt Giersbach Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:49:45 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/#comment-3693 Thanks, Patty, for your comment--particularly because I think the greatest achievement any writer can accrue is to touch someone's life. I keep striving for that, hoping my words reach their mark and despairing when they don't. Thanks, Patty, for your comment–particularly because I think the greatest achievement any writer can accrue is to touch someone’s life. I keep striving for that, hoping my words reach their mark and despairing when they don’t.

]]> By: Patty http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/comment-page-1/#comment-3688 Patty Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:33:20 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/#comment-3688 This story was especially poignant because my father suffered many strokes for two years before he died. After each one, I felt he had gone "some place" farther and farther away from me. Then, I guess, I was the one who decided to go away long before his final departure. This story was especially poignant because my father suffered many strokes for two years before he died. After each one, I felt he had gone “some place” farther and farther away from me. Then, I guess, I was the one who decided to go away long before his final departure.

]]> By: Jason http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/comment-page-1/#comment-3649 Jason Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:15:34 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/#comment-3649 Great concept, Walt - eliciting both dread and humor in one fell swoop. Nicely done! Great concept, Walt – eliciting both dread and humor in one fell swoop. Nicely done!

]]> By: Walt Giersbach http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/comment-page-1/#comment-3636 Walt Giersbach Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:59:08 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/#comment-3636 Thanks to you all for your thoughts and comments. Really, I didn't mean this to be terrifying. Just ironic. It was also tough trying to rework a cliche (last person on earth, until there was a knock on the door) and see what came of it. A writing challenge here. Thanks to some unknown scientist, too, for the metaphor of Christmas tree lights going off in the brain. Now, THAT'S an ironic image! Thanks to you all for your thoughts and comments. Really, I didn’t mean this to be terrifying. Just ironic.

It was also tough trying to rework a cliche (last person on earth, until there was a knock on the door) and see what came of it. A writing challenge here. Thanks to some unknown scientist, too, for the metaphor of Christmas tree lights going off in the brain. Now, THAT’S an ironic image!

]]> By: Jenny G http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/comment-page-1/#comment-3635 Jenny G Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:48:18 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/#comment-3635 This is a swell concept, nicely told. This is a swell concept, nicely told.

]]> By: gay degani http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/comment-page-1/#comment-3634 gay degani Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:43:44 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/#comment-3634 It was worth reading, but a risk on the part of the author to lead us first over familiar territory--I almost quit reading--before arriving at a scary and totally possible ending. It was worth reading, but a risk on the part of the author to lead us first over familiar territory–I almost quit reading–before arriving at a scary and totally possible ending.

]]> By: DJ Barber http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/comment-page-1/#comment-3633 DJ Barber Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:29:04 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/#comment-3633 Familiar, but nonetheless, terrifying thought. I'd rather I had dementia myself. Familiar, but nonetheless, terrifying thought. I’d rather I had dementia myself.

]]> By: Judy http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/comment-page-1/#comment-3632 Judy Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:25:38 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-last-person-on-earth-by-walter-giersbach/#comment-3632 I like this, and for a brief but terrifying moment, I believe that this is what it might be like. Chilly. I like this, and for a brief but terrifying moment, I believe that this is what it might be like. Chilly.

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