Comments on 'The Word What Did Him In'It was a cold September evening, unseasonably cold, I'd add. The town, the _whole_ town, met down by the new barn, the one they'd raised together the month before. That had been a happy occasion. The faces hung low though this night, not a grin or chuckle to be seen.
"Y'all knows why we's here. Le's git on wi' it," Old Clyde spoke hesitantly, and everyone knew he was as unhappy to proceed as the rest. That's leadership, ain't it?
The crowd stirred, an uncomfortable shuffling of feet. A bit more jostling and _she_ was brought to the front of the group, hands folded in front her and eyes downcast. _He_ was hers, promised to her if she would have him, if she would save him.
Old Clyde squatted down on the raised loading dock of the barn to address her in his kindly way, "Naw girl, lissen good girl, we'uns all knows what he done. Th'ole county know what he done, and what he d'serves. But I'm a askin' ye girl, and only ye, is he worth savin'?"
And then she said the word, the word that killed him, "No."2008-03-13T02:32:52Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/24293Comment on The Word What Did Him In<p>I’ve tried something with this. I’d like to see this go two directions (a fork?). I did guilty, now someone make him innocent!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24293?basename=480522008-03-13T02:32:52ZTears of Phoenixhttp://ficlets.com/authors/wingsofthephoenixComment on The Word What Did Him In<p>I can’t wait to find out how he found himself in this situation. I also liked the dialect.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24293?basename=480172008-03-13T01:49:19Zthebetweenspacehttp://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspaceComment on The Word What Did Him In<p>Whoa there. What did he do??? SEQUEL !!!!<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24293?basename=478722008-03-12T21:55:53ZLone Writerhttp://ficlets.com/authors/solopenComment on The Word What Did Him In<p>Good mystery, interesting to see what could be next.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24293?basename=478632008-03-12T21:31:21ZChrisWDPhttp://ficlets.com/authors/chriswdpComment on The Word What Did Him In<p>wow.. what had he done? mysterious.. ambiguous.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24293?basename=478422008-03-12T19:55:46ZSKermitgorfhttp://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorfComment on The Word What Did Him In<p>Hmm, <em>very</em> intriguing. It raises many possibilities. Did he commit a crime, or is he innocent? Is he being attacked by the townspeople? Where is he? Very open-ended for a sequel, but also enough to keep finished right here. Nice job.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/24293?basename=478402008-03-12T19:47:01ZStovohobohttp://ficlets.com/authors/stovohobo