It's hard to describe Four Houses as a short story; even at 19 pages, it just feels so much... bigger... you know?

Grand, is more like it. You never know what's real, what's not real, what's happening or what's just happened.

And I believe that's the author's intent. There is a world within a world, and a story within each "house." The writing is mystical and other-worldly; I want to say "poetic" but make no mistake: this is a full-on story, not a story poem. (Although it works as both!)

I don't want to give away too much because so much of this story is not what it seems and, what IS what it seems, is so much more. Also, setting is a character in this story, so to be too specific would be to spoil the fun.

If you're like me, you see a LOT of 99-cent short stories on Amazon.com and elsewhere. Some are worth it, some are hardly that and some are even... special. I would list Tori's story as ultra-super-fantastic-special. It has to be read to be believed, and possibly even read twice to make sure what you think just happened, really did!
It's hard to describe Four Houses as a short story; even at 19 pages, it just feels so much... bigger... you know? Grand, is more like it. You never know what's real, what's not real, what's happening or what's just happened. And I believe that's the author's intent. There is a world within a world, and a story within each "house. " The writing is mystical and other-worldly; I want to say "poetic" but make no mistake: this is a full-on story, not a story poem. (Although it works as both! )

I don't want to give away too much because so much of this story is not what it seems and, what IS what it seems, is so much more. Also, setting is a character in this story, so to be too specific would be to spoil the fun. If you're like me, you see a LOT of 99-cent short stories on Amazon. com and elsewhere. Some are worth it, some are hardly that and some are even... special. I would list Tori's story as ultra-super-fantastic-special. It has to be read to be believed, and possibly even read twice to make sure what you think just happened, really did!