Little Mouse

A Short Story

De: Ryan Williamson

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Mia's daddy made Mama anxious when he came to visit. He was a large man, even for a grownup, and he frightened Mama. Mia guessed she would be frightened of him too, if he hit her like he hit Mama. But he never did. How could he? Mia was his little mouse. Mia wished she wasn't little. She wished she was strong. She wished she could make it stop. Tonight Mia discovers she can. A short story of paranormal horror, "Little Mouse" received an Honorable Mention in 2015 from the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest.

Sad tale

The virtual voice wasn’t good. The story was well written and clever. Sad truths about domestic violence.

Predictable but fascinating

I didn't think the virtual voice was that bad. Correct inflections, though maybe people disliked the British voice narrating a story from the United States. I wouldn't have known she was AI. I was thoroughly engrossed by the story, though it was somewhat predictable. The pacing was on point and told in simple prose similar to what a child her age would think. I loved that the book was set in the 1980s who had all the toys I played with at her age. She seemed so real.