Triangle Drama # 21

three written pieces = two short stories and one novel
of Sci-Fi and/or horror fantasy
about human fantasy




JORDEN ÄR EN SAGA ["Planet Earth is A Fairytale"]
by Sven Christer Swahn
Sweden 2004
(in nova sci-fi magazine)


+3 Language
-1 Characters

+1 Thrill
+1 Humour

+3 Fantasy
+2 Reality

+3 Whole Composition

= +12






SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
by Ray Bradbury
USA 1962
through audio book read by Kevin Foley


+1 Language
+2 Characters

0 Thrill
+1 Humour

+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality

-1 Whole Composition

= +6






THE SILVER KEY
by H.P. Lovecraft
USA 1926
translated to swedish (in mitrania sci-fi magazine)


+1 Language
-2 Characters

-2 Thrill
-3 Humour

+3 Fantasy
+2 Reality

-2 Whole Composition

= -3






I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a story worth reading
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics



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