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Review by castiel's vessel

  Title: Dance with the Devil

Author: pallid.

Type: Original fiction

Genre: Mystery | Drabble

Rating: PG-13

Sometimes description is what makes a story. Each efficiently described action which creates a picture in the mind allows the reader to submerge themselves into the world that the author is building. The accompanying speech, with tags depicting the tone that the character is using, is what is processed by the mind as you follow each word. The characters come to life before your very eyes through description.

In Dance with the Devil, the six chapters that make up the story are mere drabble length, each one barely surpassing one hundred words. But it's the shortness of the chapters that makes the story itself so hauntingly beautiful. The theme is dark – depressing even – but the reader is still able to read each chapter without being overwhelmed by the melancholy of it; something which pallid. can only be commended over. She's able to evoke emotion from the reader, while at the same time not dragging them down to the same feeling that the story is encased in. And it's that emotion which draws you in.

Dance with the Devil is beautifully written, with the author's writing style complimenting the genre perfectly. By the end of the final chapter, you can't help but acknowledge the brilliant way in which it was executed, resulting in it being a really thought-provoking piece.

I would recommend this to anyone who has five minutes to spare, but wants to get something out of that time spent. It may be short, but Dance with the Devil certainly packs a punch, embedding itself into the reader's mind for a while after the ending.

Special thanks to Katie Mosing and Fandango for editing.