Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-33904527-20190525194703/@comment-35711173-20190529082046

Where and when is this happening? It could be in South America, it could be in North America, it could be in Eastern or Western Europe or even New Zealand or Australia for that matter.

When is this happening? The word Tourist appears in English for the first time about 250 years ago. So this could be about any time more recent than that.

How are our two tourists traveling around? On horseback? By bus?

Does anyone have an emotional reaction? I see little or no emotional reaction by Joseph or Mark. Victor seems to have a bit of emotion, but not much.

There is no attempt at payment. That seems a bit odd to me. Joseph should offer to pay Victor, or at least sincerely apologize if the village took all their money.

There is little description of the scene. We know that there is snow. We know that it is a village. We know birds and dogs. But are there wolves? Is it a walled village with no lights or is there a stop light and a Burger King?

In good daylight, an average person can see a human head for about 200 yards and a torso for maybe 500 yards. At night, far less. For Joseph to be able to know it was Joseph's face at night means that Joseph was very close, perhaps 20 yards.

I know Victor says the villagers are scum, but why after all those years does he kill them tonight?