Hybrid Beasts: Excerpt from a Novel-in-Progress: We Don't Usually Act This Way

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Hybrid Beasts: Excerpt from a Novel-in-Progress: We Don't Usually Act This Way

An absurd, fragmentary novel-in-progress told from the point of view of a soldier who becomes disillusioned with the war he is fighting.

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Kathryn Mockler

We Don’t Usually Act This Way is an absurd, fragmentary novel-in-progress told from the point of view of a soldier who becomes disillusioned with the war he is fighting when his commanders turn on him and his best friend betrays him. Cover Art by David Poolman

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Jessica Miele 19 March 2012 - 8:16pm

Wow, terrific. Especially great is the last line. I'm so intrigued by the idea of freedom and war, and how the nudists are the "other" and can't take care of themselves, and what that represents. Clear and profound impact, and with such few brushstrokes! Satire at its best.

Kathryn Mockler 23 March 2012 - 12:44am

Hi Jessica, Thanks so much for your comments. I appreciate your comment about Sally because I had more in about her but had cut it. So definitely something to think about bringing back. Thanks for the feedback!

Kathryn Mockler 16 March 2012 - 9:43am

Hi Dude, Thanks so much for your comments. Kathryn

Dude Wallers 15 March 2012 - 7:05pm

Love the start of this piece. I think you've given the perfect amount of information at every step. Perhaps I want more but I'm happy with what I got. Absolutely love the way you structure a sentence. That's important, I think. Each crisp one of them reeks of clarity.

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