by Cory Archie
I don't really read short stories but this is possibly the best dystopian I've read. If Cory Archie can do all that in a short story, you dystopian novelists need to crouch in a corner and rethink your choices. How does one create a world, simply a dystopian world, with no tyrannical governments aft...
what a disturbing read. fireflies is awesome.tbh, at first i was a bit confused, as if there was something missing, like this was part of a novel. the last few sentences, however, left me speechless, everything fell into place.fireflies is beautifully written and i love the, err, ~cover ❤
Short stories aren't really my thing but I checked it out because it looked interesting. Personally, I couldn't get into the story because the writing style just didn't suit ME, pretty much every sentence was too short and cut off any chance of flow (just my own preference). The story itself was int...
Needs to be a full novel... that is all.
Succinct. Dark. Powerful. Unsettling. This tersely told short story is somewhat startling in it's brevity, yet does not lack in impact. Thought-provoking and resonant, it's a grim vision of the future - the matter-of-fact style of narration adding to the bleakness of the setting. A lingering, sharp ...
It's always kind of amazing when someone manages to create a powerful short story: it's like a magic trick. How can all of this be in here?
I usually don't enjoy short stories. I find it difficult to relate to characters in such a short amount of time. However, there is something about the characters in Fireflies. I'm not sure if it's their robbed innocence, the resolute acceptance of their grim fate, or the beautifully, soul disturbing...
Amazing! Well written!Great story Cory!
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