Comments on: BRIDESHEAD BEACH by Tom Hamilton

By: Scott B

Scott B — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:43:38 +0000

Great story man, although I must agree with Pete that she was a bit lucky.

Also, I’d hope that the Army would be a little more… proffesional in the event of a Zombie Apocalypse. I’m sure the British Army would.

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:18:11 +0000

Great story, I thoroughly enjoyed it! Don’t worry about the bashers, apparently when society breaks down we’ll all hold hands and make smores together.

I loved the direction you went. Undoubtedly there will be this population represented as well, ( at least in my mind) who revert to the baser instincts and capitalize on others misfortunes. As for the morality, those readers should read some of the Marquis DeSades works, he was French nobility and far cruder than you. Bravo for a fun story!!!

By: Cherry Darling

Cherry Darling — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:58:46 +0000

Very intriguing tale! I hope Kathryn makes it.

By: cdugger

cdugger — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:07:47 +0000

So, to all you detractors:
You want a Zombie Apocalypse story in which all of the characters are totally equal, everyone is treated fairly and justly, and nobody has any obsessions or perversions of any kind. Does that about cover it?

Well, Ryan, you’re just gonna have to take this site off the web, my man. It seems to me that EVERY story here has (gasp!) a BAD GUY! Or a stupid person, or a mean person, or something.

People, if you don’t get the fact that Zombie stories are NOT ABOUT ZOMBIES, you need to go read Jane Austen. Zombie stories are about US. And, we, the People, are generally base, selfish beings.

Yes, there are those who would sacrifice. Those who are honorable. Those who, in fact, care about our fellow humans. We, however, are so far in the minority that we would be overcome by the survivors long before the Zombies would get us.

If you don’t like seeing the base nature of humans, DON’T READ THE STORIES that are posted here. These authors (and I have submitted stories myself) don’t mind a critic, but don’t be a jerk.

I loved the story. Other that a few, minor grammatical errors, it was a great Zombie story showing the good and the bad. The hero was a woman, so I fail to see how the story, or the author, could be considered misogynistic.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:12:20 +0000

Well written but just out and out filthy, try not to focus so much on gore…and the part about making a zombie cum? Just disgusting and i think dirty purely for the sake of being dirty

By: JERRY A

JERRY A — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:38:55 +0000

This was awesome you have talent enjoyed every minute of it.

By: Pete bevan

Pete bevan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:49:24 +0000

@Dude

hahaha but I don’t think you are helping

In all seriousness it does raise some interesting questions about gender roles after a zombie, or indeed any apocalypse.

By: the dude

the dude — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:56:11 +0000

does some one needs to write a zombie story where the men capture and hoard only fat women? maybe a story where fat women capture and whore out very fit well endowed men? i suspect the men would not even mind. might go something like this =) Your mission, should you choose to accept it, involves sex with multiple women, in return u will be provided with food, water, shelter and 24/7 protection from the undead. if this story existed those ladies would be turning guys away in droves.

By: Tom Hamilton

Tom Hamilton — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:44:14 +0000

Normally, I don’t like to leave comments on my own stories, even though some of them have gotten dissected pretty good and probably could have used some defending. Most of the time I feel that the story should stand or fall on its own without my interjecting anything. I can tell you however that I am not a misogynist as I have a loving wife and three small daughters. I am very respectful to woman and I respect the rights of everyone. Being overweight myself it is rediculous to think that I would single out fat people as being evil or stupid. I was simply trying to picture different chatactors in my mind and every human being looks different. I felt that I had to make Maureen fat so that the soldier would have a reson to kill her and start out the story with a bang. This is not to say that fat women aren’t beautiful. Unfortunately for her Maureen was not very attractive in other areas either and the soldier felt that they didn’t need her. ( They weren’t worried about the personality of the prisoners.) In hindsight I guess that I could have made Maureen a man, but I was just trying to make an impact on the reader and there are a lot of bad charactors in the story who are in tip top shape. This brings us back to the story’s treatment of women: As Foul- the commenter above me -pointed out, history has shown us that when the rule of law breaks down and civilization disintergrates, women will be taken advantage of or outright raped. I could give you multipule examples and even recent ones, but I know that everyone is already thinking of their own. To give you a good fictional axiom you could read Jose Saramango’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel ‘Blindness’ I feel that the woman in that book were far more brutilized than anyone in my story and I don’t think anyone’s accusing Jose of being a misogynist. Now I’m not trying to compare my stupid zombie story to the work of a master. I’m simply trying to say that just because the charactors are evil, that doesn’t mean that the author hates women, fat people ( in which case he’d have to hate himself) , black people or anybody else. But I don’t think that a zombie would be politically correct and I’m trying to make the story as realistic as I can. I don’t think that anyone would be worried about stepping on anybody elses toes during a zombie outbreak and that it would be every man, woman and ethic creed to themselves.
But to those women who commented and didn’t like the story, I feel that you are entitled to your opinion and I did not mean to offend you or women in general. But I think that to say that the story is awful because you didn’t like the way that bad charactors are treating women may be a little unfair. Hey, it’s just a dumbass zombie story, maybe we’re all reading too much into it.
On a lighter note, I’d like to say to Pete Bevan that his stories are not wimpy and that everyone knows that he is one of the best, if not the best, writers on this site. I also appreciatte his comments, not just to me but to a lot of writers on this site. Even when he criticises something, he does it with tact and encouragment and I’m always glad to see him post something new.
I’d also like to thank Ryan for posting my zombie stories on this site and everyone who commented for their feedback. Some of the criticisms stung a little bit, but on the overall my stories have been pretty well recieved, especially the last couple. And how else are are we going to get better as writers if we’re not criticised.

T.H.