https://www.freedomfiction.com/2024/07/the-soldiers-return-by-shelley/ An eclectic mix of all flavours of genre fiction Sun, 29 Dec 2024 22:20:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.freedomfiction.com/2024/07/the-soldiers-return-by-shelley/#comment-37269 Sun, 29 Dec 2024 22:20:44 +0000 https://www.freedomfiction.com/?p=3116#comment-37269 Hi againm, Shelly. You must’ve broken a record for the most ccomments on a FFJ story. I wanted to congratulate you for a well-deserved nomination for the 2025 Pushcart Award. I really think you’ve a good shot at winning. Congratulations, Shelly.

]]> https://www.freedomfiction.com/2024/07/the-soldiers-return-by-shelley/#comment-36962 Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:06:20 +0000 https://www.freedomfiction.com/?p=3116#comment-36962 Shelley, thank you for this beautiful story. I finally found time to sit down and read it here in Lima. It really moved me.

]]> https://www.freedomfiction.com/2024/07/the-soldiers-return-by-shelley/#comment-36681 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:28:03 +0000 https://www.freedomfiction.com/?p=3116#comment-36681 Shelley, this is beautiful. I just finished and I’m not even sure what to say. It feels too hard to leave a ‘review’ when I’m unable to shake the feeling of actually living within the story. ( I hope that somehow explains my feelings regarding the power of this amazing fairytale. ) It will be hard to walk away from the heart and emotion of this. Thank you for sharing your talent and allowing me, for a time, to be a nine year old girl again.

]]> https://www.freedomfiction.com/2024/07/the-soldiers-return-by-shelley/#comment-36473 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 21:12:31 +0000 https://www.freedomfiction.com/?p=3116#comment-36473 Thank you so much for reading and taking the time to post this lovely comment. I put a lot into this story and I’m very glad to have found it a home. Thank you again!

]]> https://www.freedomfiction.com/2024/07/the-soldiers-return-by-shelley/#comment-36464 Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:45:01 +0000 https://www.freedomfiction.com/?p=3116#comment-36464 Shelley Davenport, this is a really wonderful story. Told from the perspective of a young girl, it waxes nostalgic in so many ways and reads not only like a fairy tale, but like a poem. Your choice of words is magnificent. I felt nine years old again as I read it. It is poignant and heartrending and melancholy, but without without being dismally sad. It is, after all, a fairy tale. I really cared what happened to the little girl and to the solder, and was relieved to find them reaching their goals. Thanks so much for this timeless story, and please continue to write and to share.

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