The concept of this story is phenomenal because it is based upon a simple premise of figures and angles, the whole being personfied into Flatland and its inhabitants. I would of course love most to know how this idea came to Abbott, and how he approached it in to come up with the narrative structure here.
Another thing: the detail, the foreshadowing of conflict, the world that Abbott has created is well carried out and yet…I’m not involved. The writing is fine. There is humor and there is social statement and it is well presented.
There’s some great stuff here but why has nothing hit me aside from the concept?
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology
Foreshadowing is not all it’s cracked up to be. Usually means the writer is stalling.