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Ellis Elms's avatar

We're yet to find out who the HOA will be. And will they help Mr. Henderson to get his living room back.

Victoria Stoilova's avatar

Looking forward to reading Basement.

Melanie Jeanette's avatar

Very intriguing! Definitely want to read more.

Ellis Elms's avatar

Thank you! You are welcome to read more, because there's plenty.

Oh, and there's a book out, too.

Enjoy!

Melanie Jeanette's avatar

I’d love to read it!! Can you post a link to your book? I did a quick search and didn’t find it.

Ellis Elms's avatar

Try this link: https://books2read.com/u/mdowaO

Should redirect you to your local Amazon.

Melanie Jeanette's avatar

Ordered! and I’ll have it in time for my next weekend trip. Can’t wait to read it!

Ellis Elms's avatar

Wait, what? Did you order a paperback?

Melanie Jeanette's avatar

Yes…I like to hold books when I read them.

Lidia Stanchenko's avatar

This just gave me a very unsettling feeling. I love it!

Ellis Elms's avatar

Thank you!

Victoria Stoilova's avatar

The line “Sometimes peace is ugly” is excellent. Besides being credible and believable, it’s seductive.

We are left to feel the discomfort of judgment forming, and the narrator’s position is well judged.

“That’s different.”

“Is it?”

“Is it?” is devastatingly precise because it is so short. The reader can hear it. The reader can utter it, and it makes them uncomfortable.

The final line, “Maybe they’ll get my living room back,” is quietly brutal, like a monster quietly walking in the night.

The Association: the father’s judgment made portable, exported to another unspecified body.

The lingering discomfort I feel about the ending—that is the ending working.

Ellis Elms's avatar

Now, re-read this having in mind that Mr. Henderson is Ukraine. Then... the rest? 🙂

Victoria Stoilova's avatar

Then… stable for whom?

The last line is post-illusion, stripped of guarantees.

Bryant Morrill's avatar

I enjoyed this story. To me, it emphasizes the perils of taking matters of justice into one's own hands. This is why society needs rules, and trained judges to interpret and apply those rules. Without that, its anarchy.