Thursday, May 16, 2013

Twenty-Three Snapshots of San Francisco

This story is incredibly well written.  It's formatted in a very convenient layout for building suspense.  The first true sign of their being a potential fantasy aspect to the story comes to me in picture 4 at the description of the eyes.  The imagery of the blood red eyes as camera glare is excellent and builds suspicion that perhaps there is something more than a camera flash going on.  Repetition is used incredibly well in this piece, and the more he repeats this imagery of blood red, the more suspense builds.  The transition in the narrators character state from a normal tourist into a zombie apocalypse is uncannily well written.  He flows into acceptance of the dangers of this new world, and as quickly as he accepts this new reality, the reader accepts it as well.  As the story and photographs develop, the character seems to grow more detached from emotion.  Initially he seems quite interested in normal life and May and relationships.  However, by the time he is slitting his best friends throat, you begin to wonder whether he himself as already turned to a zombie without realizing it.  This quit, but prevalent thought adds a whole new layer of tension to the storyline.  It's interesting how quickly this transition is made.

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