Tijuana Gothic / Discussion

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Stygian Blue 25 Aug 2022 03:53

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This is one of your longer pieces, and I absolutely dig it. The description of the city as rotten throughout; the vivid, memorable characters; and the Others present but not directly explained all flow together to form a beautiful narrative. I especially adore the way the protagonist is not described much at all — it makes for a fantastic reading experience. Well done, Dinner!

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What is life if not the contrast between what has been and what will become?

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In the metal and blood, in the scent and mascara On a backcloth of lashes and stars

Din-Bidor 25 Aug 2022 03:55

Tijuana, my home city, is a strange, ugly and fascinating place. All these encounters actually took place, and here I've filtered them through a lense of magic realism and supernatural darkness. Enjoy!

Rounderhouse 25 Aug 2022 23:11

Very evocative, and fits your style of misty-magic-noir very well. Good stuff!

NotAnOligarch 27 Aug 2022 05:00

Incredibly high quality. I like Rounder's word, "Misty." It feels like a 'Misty Fiction', where reality blends into the mist of fiction and creates a deliciously subtle work of art. Well done.

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Fires rage just below the surface of the ice.

Snapdragon133 29 Aug 2022 03:28

It's funny what the tag revamp has done to my brain while reading. For most of this story, I thought the realistic tag would fit quite well, and that interested me because in 60 something stories I have only applied it twice or three times, but the story tricked me! All throughout you wonder about who or what the Others are, brushing off the fantastical aspects in the beginning of the story as metaphors, until you get to the end. A really good one from you, +1