Comments on: WAR IS OVER • by DJ Barber http://www.everydayfiction.com/war-is-over-by-dj-barber/ Short fiction in your inbox, Daily! Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:55:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: DJ Barber http://www.everydayfiction.com/war-is-over-by-dj-barber/#comment-3260 DJ Barber Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:26:50 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/war-is-over-by-dj-barber/#comment-3260 Thanks, Heidi. Thanks, Heidi.

]]> By: Heidi Ruby Miller http://www.everydayfiction.com/war-is-over-by-dj-barber/#comment-3217 Heidi Ruby Miller Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:32:42 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/war-is-over-by-dj-barber/#comment-3217 Nice mood piece, DJ. You carried it through nicely all the way to the end. ~Heidi Nice mood piece, DJ.

You carried it through nicely all the way to the end.

~Heidi

]]> By: DJ Barber http://www.everydayfiction.com/war-is-over-by-dj-barber/#comment-3208 DJ Barber Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:38:06 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/war-is-over-by-dj-barber/#comment-3208 Thanks, Martin. The story was an 'End of the Age' story--much as the dinosaurs disappeared in a short span of time. Thanks, Martin. The story was an ‘End of the Age’ story–much as the dinosaurs disappeared in a short span of time.

]]> By: Martin http://www.everydayfiction.com/war-is-over-by-dj-barber/#comment-3207 Martin Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:35:22 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/war-is-over-by-dj-barber/#comment-3207 The action in the story isn't trivial in my mind because it shows the uncertainty of the main character. He suffers as a result of something far outside of his control, manages to escape death temporarily only to find he has no idea what to do or where to go, then meets his inevitable end. His only consolation? He won't be alone in dying. I did stumble on "battened down tight," though. As to why the goblins might soon become a memory, I think "mere decades" above was meant rather loosely and that the goblins can be interpreted as marauding barbarians or vikings or invading soldiers from some army no longer in existence. The action in the story isn’t trivial in my mind because it shows the uncertainty of the main character. He suffers as a result of something far outside of his control, manages to escape death temporarily only to find he has no idea what to do or where to go, then meets his inevitable end. His only consolation? He won’t be alone in dying.
I did stumble on “battened down tight,” though.
As to why the goblins might soon become a memory, I think “mere decades” above was meant rather loosely and that the goblins can be interpreted as marauding barbarians or vikings or invading soldiers from some army no longer in existence.

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