Comments on: VETERANS • by Kate Thornton http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/ The once a day flash fiction magazine. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:25:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: gay degani http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/comment-page-1/#comment-1527 gay degani Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:13:57 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/#comment-1527 Kate, You blew away the audience at the San Dimas Library on Saturday when you read "Veterans" and rightly so. Well conceived and well written. Most importantly though, you remind us that war isn't just about that moment on the battlefield, but how that moment continues to haunt those who serve. gay Kate,

You blew away the audience at the San Dimas Library on Saturday when you read “Veterans” and rightly so. Well conceived and well written. Most importantly though, you remind us that war isn’t just about that moment on the battlefield, but how that moment continues to haunt those who serve.

gay

]]> By: Ed Morawski http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 Ed Morawski Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:05:02 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/#comment-1514 The role reversal was a great twist but the fact that her husband wanted to celebrate her on Veterans Day by having dinner with the kids really did it for me! It would be nice if we never had to go to war. It would be even better if we only did it for the right reasons. Only time and history will tell if our battles were necessary. To me the fact that most of the people we fought are now allies or friends or at least economic partners means something. Great story-- an dthanks for it. Ed The role reversal was a great twist but the fact that her husband wanted to celebrate her on Veterans Day by having dinner with the kids really did it for me!

It would be nice if we never had to go to war. It would be even better if we only did it for the right reasons. Only time and history will tell if our battles were necessary.

To me the fact that most of the people we fought are now allies or friends or at least economic partners means something.

Great story– an dthanks for it.
Ed

]]> By: forbes http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 forbes Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:54:15 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/#comment-1506 Well done Kate, a very believeable excerpt from her life. I liked the touch of her husband trying to protect her. Keep on writing. Well done Kate, a very believeable excerpt from her life. I liked the touch of her husband trying to protect her. Keep on writing.

]]> By: Kate Thornton http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/comment-page-1/#comment-1504 Kate Thornton Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:32:05 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/#comment-1504 Thank you all for your nice words. You make me blush! Kate Thank you all for your nice words. You make me blush!
Kate

]]> By: Rena Sherwood http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/comment-page-1/#comment-1503 Rena Sherwood Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:55:04 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/#comment-1503 Well done. Thanks. Well done. Thanks.

]]> By: Steve Goble http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/comment-page-1/#comment-1502 Steve Goble Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:04:50 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/#comment-1502 Very well done. Thanks for sharing it. Very well done. Thanks for sharing it.

]]> By: Jordan Lapp http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/comment-page-1/#comment-1501 Jordan Lapp Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:26:22 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/#comment-1501 This was powerful, and the reversal of the traditional roles made it modern and compelling. This was powerful, and the reversal of the traditional roles made it modern and compelling.

]]> By: Oonah V Joslin http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/comment-page-1/#comment-1500 Oonah V Joslin Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:00:51 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/#comment-1500 "whipping up children’s toys and the smell of burned bodies. The blinding heat and noise passed over her face and she was gone for a few minutes." Very nice Kate. War is truly hell - a place where the perpetrator and victim both suffer in the end. Oonah “whipping up children’s toys and the smell of burned bodies. The blinding heat and noise passed over her face and she was gone for a few minutes.”

Very nice Kate. War is truly hell – a place where the perpetrator and victim both suffer in the end.

Oonah

]]> By: Alice http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/comment-page-1/#comment-1499 Alice Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:21:34 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/#comment-1499 What a nice surprise that she wasn't the spouse at home. I was sure it was going to be that she'd slept around while he was away. A much more interesting story this way. It's very powerful in the few comments, the inference without the blunt description of gore. And how he still tries to protect her against even her own memories. Nice What a nice surprise that she wasn’t the spouse at home. I was sure it was going to be that she’d slept around while he was away. A much more interesting story this way. It’s very powerful in the few comments, the inference without the blunt description of gore. And how he still tries to protect her against even her own memories. Nice

]]> By: dj barber http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/comment-page-1/#comment-1498 dj barber Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:56:30 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/veterans-by-kate-thornton/#comment-1498 Happy Veterans Day to all Happy Veterans Day to all

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