Another Orphan

Self-Published

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Description

Some ships pass into history, others into mariner's tales passed from one generation to another. On a calm sea and still water, it is safe to speak of ghosts, and ships that never put to port again, eternally on their endless, retracing, search...

(A homage to Melville's Moby Dick)

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Status
Completed
Year
2019
Author
PuzzleRaven

Tags

ADVENTUREHISTORICALSUPERNATURALSHORT STORYLOW FANTASY

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Rating
4.0/ 5.0
Followers
1
Views
408

Chapters(1 total)

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Community Reviews(2)

  • PrysmcatRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    At less than 1.5K words, this story goes fast. I can't find anything to fault in it. The grammar and spelling are great and the flow suits the story. The predicament of the MC is described vividly and ruthlessly without the story revelling in misery or hopelessness. That ghostly appearance mentioned in the synopsis simply fits. Nothing else I can say.
  • RznRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    As an homage to Melville this is good. The story itself captures the mood. To end with a quote from the epilogue was a good choice too. The difference in tone and style was too great and unfortunately contrasted harshly on the writing in the prose and its tone. Still pretty good!