I wish I had more time to write reviews this time around. But uh, big lol! [hider=To be seen] There were a few typos and a single period that should have been a question mark. but it was still very readable. I thought it was a cute story that managed to be interesting from start to finish. I would have liked to have known why so many woman in this society wish to be unseen. We do have a certain real third world country where it is customary for the woman to hide their shape, but I didn't get the impression this was a commentary on that. This entry falls in a weird spot because it feels like a cross between a character piece and a statement and can't decide which it wants to be. It either needs more details or less details but a desire to say something about how invisible woman affect this world. [/hider] [hider=The uncle] I found this one hard to follow because of how tiny all the paragraphs were. They seemed to be spaced out randomly rather than grouped together to form a single idea. Maybe this "lucid" style of story is what you were going for but it was not to my tastes. There were also no quotations around spoken words, which made it harder to read. I don't have anything negative to say about the plot. It's a novel concept that works for a short story entry. [/hider] [hider=The Girl Unseen] I didn't spot any typos or incorrect grammar when I read this. It may exist, but I didn't see it. But that pace is an issue. The story is probably fine, but it needs to calm the frick down. We're told she feels invisible, and by the second paragraph the teacher is praising her and we get her classmates being big meanies because she makes them look stupid. She seemed pretty easy to notice. There was also no scene in the story where her parents refused to validate her. It was just kind of tacked on at the end that she felt this way. The story just needs more meat on its bones. Or maybe just switch it around so that instead of having a school segment you just have the interaction between daughter and mother. That would have tightened things up a bit more so that you could have that fast paced story. [/hider] [hider=Now you see it- Do you?] This might be the best written entry in the contest. But a lot of the first part could have been explained through subtext or just worked into the story a bit at a time. It was getting good. I'll admit I was unsure where it was going and I couldn't wait to find out. But then it just kind of ended without much build up. Just some people using their superpowers to scare kids. Fun concept, but where’s the climax? I know the author had some difficulty getting this out in time, and all I can say is I'd love to see the finished version of this. [/hider] [hider=The invisible man] I'm not sure why a contest entry that needs votes to win wasn't hidden in a hider. I'm just going to assume the participant requested it be this way. It's a cool trick. I think the theatrics are better than the story is. It's less a story and more an "old person" rambling about how they have nothing, they want your company, presume to assume you won't give it to them, and then warn you that you'll feel sorry about it after the fact. Bitch please, I'm not the one who decided to become invisible. You did this to yourself. Peddle your sob story to some other fool. I spit on thee! [/hider] [hider=My Vote] To be seen [/hider]