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A review by miramichireader
The Group of Seven Reimagined: Contemporary Stories Inspired by Historic Canadian Paintings by T. Godwin Good, Tamas Dobozy, Bretton Loney, Pablo da Costa, Mireille Silcoff, J.J. Lee, Mary Thompson, Michael Blouin, Nina Munteanu, Nina Shoroplova, Alfred Depew, Mark Anthony Jarman, Isabella Mori, Sue Waddington, Michael Mirolla, Valerie Fox, Robert Runte, Carol Bruneau, Jim Waddington, Karen Schauber, Waugeshig Rice, Lorette C. Luzjaic, Yael Maree
5.0
Here’s an authorized excerpt from Ms. Schauber’s story, “The Little Island.”
When she first saw the painting [Little Island by Alfred J. Casson], she was gobsmacked; her pale-grey eyes, wild and electric. The Little Island was a paradise.
She imagined herself strolling along its shoreline, warm sand, pebbles, and driftwood. She’d sit a while under the large Beech tree, its pointed buds unfolding. A sudden whoosh, the drumbeat of wings, a sandhill crane crosses the lake, its shadow gracing the pink granite below.
That gives you a little taste of what you can expect from the contents and how they inspire the writer; revealing any more would spoil this particular story! Other writers put the reader right inside the painting. Given the space for a story of just a few hundred words in length to work with, they manage to craft some amazing flash fiction.
When she first saw the painting [Little Island by Alfred J. Casson], she was gobsmacked; her pale-grey eyes, wild and electric. The Little Island was a paradise.
She imagined herself strolling along its shoreline, warm sand, pebbles, and driftwood. She’d sit a while under the large Beech tree, its pointed buds unfolding. A sudden whoosh, the drumbeat of wings, a sandhill crane crosses the lake, its shadow gracing the pink granite below.
That gives you a little taste of what you can expect from the contents and how they inspire the writer; revealing any more would spoil this particular story! Other writers put the reader right inside the painting. Given the space for a story of just a few hundred words in length to work with, they manage to craft some amazing flash fiction.