Comments on 'Old Seph's Foreward'"We'd half 'spected to find him hidin' behind that old half dead tree," Old Seph interrupted himself, "_even_ back than it was only half dead," then continued, "readying to jump out and scare the poop out of us."
He folded his big hands in his lap and looked down at them, then back to us, "But, _we_ were wrong." Old Seph had a way of taking long pauses at just the right moment. No matter how many times you heard the story and though you knew what happened next, you couldn't help but move in a little closer.
Old Seph pushed himself up to lean on his knees so that he could look each of us in the eye as he told us of the run in with the troll. "Now boys, mind you, I weren't never afraid of nothing when I was your age, still ain't, but the look on Dusty's face struck a cord so close to fear that I don't care to ever have that feeling wash over me in all the days I have left before I go on to Glory."
Seph's introduction always sent shivers down my spine. To imagine _this_ man feeling _that_ close to fear. 2008-04-25T11:35:46Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/28518Comment on Old Seph's Foreward<p>Great fun. I love the careful characterization of Old Seph as a classic storyteller. Builds a fair amount of suspense.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/28518?basename=585392008-04-25T11:35:46ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477