All Comments on 'The Little Black Book'

Unexpected twist in the tale

Nice twist at the end, but not up to our usual standards.

I like the twist, I expected one, but why is this not in Mind Control?

It might not be mind control. That's what had the guy in the story fleeing for his life. There's a chance Marti's grandmother set her up on a blind date from beyond the grave. That's bad enough, and I am not sure I wouldn't react the same way. But there is a worse possibility that also does not require mind control.

That book might be a subset of Lachesis's loom, even if seems to be highly focused on a handful of threads.

That's the really scary part, you see. That Marti didn't fall in love because she was mind controlled, but because the entire world -- ALL of Creation -- got shoved sideways until just the right threads of capital-d Destiny lined up juuuust right to make her fall for him at that moment and time. That leaves you wondering what got else is different in the world, something you think you know but also had to change to make those threads line up -- and what could happen if you keep writing names and pushing on those threads.