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Comment from barbara.wilkey
I am not into horror, but this contest entry is very well written and as with all of your writing, I can always learn. Good luck with the contest.
Emika was escorted to her home the next morning by one of the gendarmes who (and editor told me it should be the following morning, that is has to deal with definition)
reply by the author on 16-Jan-2021
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I am not into horror, but this contest entry is very well written and as with all of your writing, I can always learn. Good luck with the contest.
Emika was escorted to her home the next morning by one of the gendarmes who (and editor told me it should be the following morning, that is has to deal with definition)
Comment Written 16-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 16-Jan-2021
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Thanks, Barbara. I'm not into horror, either, but I got interested in this when I heard that Bram Stoker (I guess that's the spelling) conceived of his Dracula story after studying the case of Countess Bathory.
Comment from Ulla
Deare me, Ray, what can I say? This is an horror story if I've ever read one. What a horrific fate those poor girls were facing. It's well written and well documented. I applause you.
A modern version of this is what a Mr and Mrs West, from Britain, did to young maidens in the late nineties. Good luck with the contest. Ulla:)))
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Deare me, Ray, what can I say? This is an horror story if I've ever read one. What a horrific fate those poor girls were facing. It's well written and well documented. I applause you.
A modern version of this is what a Mr and Mrs West, from Britain, did to young maidens in the late nineties. Good luck with the contest. Ulla:)))
Comment Written 16-Jan-2021
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Thank you, Ulla, for your endorsement. You are too kind.
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So well deserved!
Comment from Raffaelina Lowcock
You have indeed presented one of the most horrible stories I have ever read. That anyone could be complicit to engaging in such horrors, is beyond the pale.
I have but one question. Why in your description at the top you say
"Historical Fiction?" Was it or was it not non-fiction?
Ralf
reply by the author on 16-Jan-2021
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You have indeed presented one of the most horrible stories I have ever read. That anyone could be complicit to engaging in such horrors, is beyond the pale.
I have but one question. Why in your description at the top you say
"Historical Fiction?" Was it or was it not non-fiction?
Ralf
Comment Written 16-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 16-Jan-2021
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Fan Story didn't give me much wiggle-room in the classification. It had to be either fiction or non-fiction. They had nothing for hisorical fiction. At the bottom, I explained my dilemma when writing it. Thanks for your kind words, Ralf.
Comment from BethShelby
Well you should win the contest for horror. I don't think I've ever read a more horrible account of the assault on human being. The fact that it happened makes it all the more horrible. However I think some of those reading the political conspiracy theories might believe rumors that such things are happening today. I've had people tell me that movie stars are drinking the blood of children to keep themselves young.
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Well you should win the contest for horror. I don't think I've ever read a more horrible account of the assault on human being. The fact that it happened makes it all the more horrible. However I think some of those reading the political conspiracy theories might believe rumors that such things are happening today. I've had people tell me that movie stars are drinking the blood of children to keep themselves young.
Comment Written 16-Jan-2021
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I heard that about some movie stars. Whoa! Thanks for your endorsement and the stars.
Comment from Ric Myworld
A lot of time consuming work went into this story and your writing is outstanding, as always. Although, I'll never understand what makes a person revel in others pain and suffering or what fuels our curiosities. But it does. Thanks or sharing. Wish I had a six.
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A lot of time consuming work went into this story and your writing is outstanding, as always. Although, I'll never understand what makes a person revel in others pain and suffering or what fuels our curiosities. But it does. Thanks or sharing. Wish I had a six.
Comment Written 16-Jan-2021
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Many thanks, Ric. No I think she totally abstracted her mind from the girls as even being human. She so believed her rank as Countess, put her above the peasants, or lesser children of counts.
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
OMG! To think there are people still around like her. How terrifying for those young girls and women. How evil were those who went a took the victims to the castle. You certainly surpassed yourself here, Jay, this is a superb contest entry. I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight! What makes a person so evil? It has to begin somewhere, the first person to do such things. Well done, my friend. Excellent writing, detail and horrifying story. Good luck! :)) Sandra xxx
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OMG! To think there are people still around like her. How terrifying for those young girls and women. How evil were those who went a took the victims to the castle. You certainly surpassed yourself here, Jay, this is a superb contest entry. I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight! What makes a person so evil? It has to begin somewhere, the first person to do such things. Well done, my friend. Excellent writing, detail and horrifying story. Good luck! :)) Sandra xxx
Comment Written 16-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 16-Jan-2021
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Yeah, Ulla just told me there was a husband and wife in England who also did horrible things to young ladies.
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Yes, that was quite recently. Rose and Fred West killed loads of young girls. Fred committed suicide in prison while waiting his trial, and Rost is still in prison, she'll never come out. There are a few mass murderers in prison here. There has to be something wrong with their brains.
Comment from edde1969
WOW!!! After reading this, we fully realize we are WAY out of our league!!! You probably have more description in one paragraph, than we do in 15-pages!!! Oh well! Perhaps we will find readers who would like to read and see examples of simple things that explain very complex life issues.
Our effort is to promote UNITY. However, we fully realize ghat even if one wants to create an omelet, one has to break eggs.
Thank you for your input, but we realize our writing will likely bore you (and perhaps others) to tears. And after-all, it would be a terrible death, to be bored to death. True? LOL
Sincerely,
EDDE
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WOW!!! After reading this, we fully realize we are WAY out of our league!!! You probably have more description in one paragraph, than we do in 15-pages!!! Oh well! Perhaps we will find readers who would like to read and see examples of simple things that explain very complex life issues.
Our effort is to promote UNITY. However, we fully realize ghat even if one wants to create an omelet, one has to break eggs.
Thank you for your input, but we realize our writing will likely bore you (and perhaps others) to tears. And after-all, it would be a terrible death, to be bored to death. True? LOL
Sincerely,
EDDE
Comment Written 16-Jan-2021
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Thank you for reading, Edde. I thought it would be entertaining in a horrific kind of way.
Comment from tfawcus
I have heard of Bathory before, but your account is spellbinding in the vividness of the telling. One can almost smell the blood and rotting flesh. How little need there is to invent horror when there is such an example as this drawn from real life. I like the way you have compared the 17th century trial to a modern-day one. It adds a degree of piquancy. You only let us off the hook once, and that is with the fridge magnet. A much-needed laugh to ease the tension!
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I have heard of Bathory before, but your account is spellbinding in the vividness of the telling. One can almost smell the blood and rotting flesh. How little need there is to invent horror when there is such an example as this drawn from real life. I like the way you have compared the 17th century trial to a modern-day one. It adds a degree of piquancy. You only let us off the hook once, and that is with the fridge magnet. A much-needed laugh to ease the tension!
Comment Written 16-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 16-Jan-2021
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Thank you so much, Tony. Given your stature, your praise of my writing is especially heartening.
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6 ft 2 in and shrinking! LOL
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Well, I'll just call you stretch! Hahaha!
Comment from Jasmine Girl
What a shocking story you have told here and it is a historical fiction. I guess I'm not surprised since you are used to shock people.
I can't believe this woman, Erzsebet Bathory, who forced young women to cut, grill and eat their own flesh. She was worse than Dracula, much worse.
I really think you deserve a six star but I have run out.
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What a shocking story you have told here and it is a historical fiction. I guess I'm not surprised since you are used to shock people.
I can't believe this woman, Erzsebet Bathory, who forced young women to cut, grill and eat their own flesh. She was worse than Dracula, much worse.
I really think you deserve a six star but I have run out.
Comment Written 16-Jan-2021
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Don't worry about the six, Lisa. Coming from you, the five is welcomed, indeed.
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I mean it. Your prose is very good and I wish I can write like you.
Comment from Iza Deleanu
Yup, horror indeed and this paragraph made me laugh:"ount Thurzo was indeed a staunch prosecutor. But the reader must remember this was 1610. Erzsebet didn't have the advantages of a 20th-century defense attorney to build her case. If she had, her council would have attempted a solid defense of insanity" Thank you for sharing and good luck with the contest.
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Yup, horror indeed and this paragraph made me laugh:"ount Thurzo was indeed a staunch prosecutor. But the reader must remember this was 1610. Erzsebet didn't have the advantages of a 20th-century defense attorney to build her case. If she had, her council would have attempted a solid defense of insanity" Thank you for sharing and good luck with the contest.
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Comment Written 16-Jan-2021
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Many thanks, Iza. I'm glad the story moved you.