All Comments on 'Friendly Game of 7 Card Stud'

Today is a Happy day in LW...A lot of our favorite writers...And beginning with this short but very good story from @JimBob44...A story that goes to the point...4*

Nicely put together.

I suppose I should apologize in advance, but as I read this entertaining story a thought came to mind and I just could not get rid of it. The only problem with this story is that the alphabet does not have enough letters in it.

I enjoyed it. Didn't understand it ( at least with first reading) . But I enjoyed it. Multiple stories dispersed in dribs and drabs as the hands are played out and trying to align who in table matched up to fillups of sordid doings and their degree of culpability, if any. Whew! Did I describe that right ? I sure tried my best. So did Jimbob44.

Full marks * * * * *

More complex than solving a Rubik cube

The structure is as ironic as the dialogue is idiomatically tart and tough, and each is effective enough in creating the story's world to seem wholly original (maybe they are!). Even the sometimes random-seeming alphabet soup names. Congratulations!

Thanks for the original and well thought out story....5***

Story was choppy / not easy to follow.

Like ordering 1 from column A, 2 from column B.

You needed a better separation between the present and the past. Th concept was a good one, but the execution sucked.

It's difficult to put value

on a story, that requires

effort from the reader.

Easier when there's

an option to use effort.

but not necessary.

One of my favorite stories

is The Gold-Bug, by Edgar Allan Poe.

It has a treasure map with symbols,

that Poe helps you solve, if you

want to try it on.

Then he gives you the answer.

Option to use effort or skip it.

We didn't get that in JimBob's story.

Either you give it effort or

much or the story is lost to you.

I did give it effort.

I wrote down the names

and the A,B,C,X,Y,Z and

what they stand for.

That way I got to enjoy

the mistery and take part

in solving it, before

the answers were given.

Agatha Christie style, lol.

Completely enjoyed it!

From those who didn't put an effort

in reading this story, I expect

low ratings.

And I can understand why.

As one who put in the effort,

I give it the top ratings it deserves.

Thanks JimBob, thanks a lot!

...Instead of a simple divorce. I mean really really beat up good. Ok, maybe even tortured dead. Yeah, I like when the shitty antagonist gets pummelled, but this guy deserved smashed limbs and hands. Ear drums boxed bloody. Cock cut off. Forced to eat his testes. One eye blinded. His nostrils cut open. And.... well, you get the picture. To cause someone to commit suicide? Destroying life after life? Fuck him... with his own dismembered cock.

... he's just going to keep doing it, otherwise.

1 thing...darrel could also have been potentially arrested for rape and murder for corrinnes suicide. But well done.

A little.hard to follow, but once I got the rhythm I loved it. I hope old Darryl got truly disappeared, not just disappeared on his own.

down now, at least in the LW genre. Had this one figured out in the very beginning seeing as how Reynolds was the cousin and we had met him before. Had a good time reading it though, very good job. Thank you. Just a bit of trivia: Gibson made most of their top of the line guitars in Kalamazoo, Michigan till they closed down the plant years ago. Many of the big name C & W stars had them made and repaired there. Also, for old time fans Rem Wall and most of his Green Valley Jamboree boys worked there till it was shutdown. Signed: BTW

Clever

Again. It went a little smoother for me this time. I love me some JB44 stories.

Cute tale - 5*

You really need to put your stories in order. 5 stars...

JB44, you're one of the reasons I make it a point to check the new stories each day. Thanks.

Thanks for sharing your work!

Great story!

Very nice.