Talk:Rumpelstiltskin/@comment-25226524-20150306003510

Now you're venturing into my territory Humboldt. This was sick, deviant, full of complete and utter hopelessness, relentless, remorseless, and also well written (see what I did there? ;p ). I only noticed one mistake if I remember correctly, and it was near the bottom where it says: "Then she remember Jennifer." I'm sure I don't need to tell you that there's a couple letters missing. There were a couple times I might have used a contraction where you didn't, but that's just personal preference really (I'm actually really bad about not using them until I reread something ten times).

I love that this didn't share the happy ending with the fairytale, but I think you did a pretty nice/witty job of loosely using the Grimm's concept. Was it intentional that you left the second 't' out of the title?

Anyway, I really enjoyed the story, and honestly wouldn't change a thing about it. I actually loved that it simply pulled the reader into the harsh reality of life and then just left them there. This is definitely my style of story, and it reminded me a lot of some stories written by one author in particular. I don't know if you're familiar with Ed Lee, but he is basically the modern master of the most extreme/deviant horror.

This story also brought to mind some other disturbing books I've read such as, 120 Days of Sodom (of course) and also one that you may not have heard of called Hogg by Samuel Delaney (warning--lots of smegma references). I'm sure you're probably familiar with de Sade's masterpiece, but the other is a lesser known work that you might enjoy. I wouldn't normally suggest that book, but I'm getting the feeling that you and I may have more in common than I had previously thought after reading this. I do feel obligated to warn you though, Hogg makes this story look like the original fairytale version, lol. If you've read any de Sade than you'll be able to handle it though. I have lots of suggestions for disturbing reads if you ever want inspiration for stories such as this.

I just thought of another book this reminded me of called Survivor by J.F. Gonzalez (a quite visceral work about the snuff industry). I've read a lot of books and stories based on the snuff industry and its counterparts, but this was a very fresh take considering the use of the fairytale angle. I really enjoy the way you write, and you always seem to add in enough detail that I have to imagine you either have researched it or lived it. Either way I commend you for it. This story may be appealing to very few, but I am among them.

Apologies for the rambling nature of this comment, but I've been stricken with something and am under the influence of a large amount of cough medicine : )