Perp – What’s In the Box?????
johnnyjet – An updated telling of the Fountain of Youth, perhaps one of the most sought after things. I mean who would not want to search for something that could give life eternal. But there are always twists on those things that bestow this gift, and we are offered an excellent one here: you are granted your immortality, but in the state you are in when you find it. An old an dying man would be so forever. Chilling and entertaining.
TL – Interestingly similar takes on the theme come together at the same time, in this case the discovery of immortality. But as always with the creativity evident we get something totally different. In this instant vampirism, but given a delicious twist, a hunger that is never sated, the desire to consume more and more. The price of forever? Everyone. Well presented and a inventive story too.
Alc. - There is a wonderful sense of humour running through this story, as a man returns home to find his wife apparently being used as a tool of investigation as to whether there is a witch in the house. I liked the idea of seeing only one side of the conversation, clever in that you did not need to see the other to make it work. But all the more impressive when the end shows that there was a witch there all along...
Grinnel – Another nice play on the theme where a thief discovers that which he thinks he wants, only to discover that there is more to it than he may hope. On the other side of things, the being who seems to have set the trap discovers his latest victim, while his child discovers the nature of his latest toy. Another great idea and enjoyable tale.
