by bruce1971
I'm thinking you should have let Mrs Dingle meet the new and improved Mr Dingle. That would have been epic :)
The tongue was firmly in cheek, but the story was so clearly intended to be humorous that it generated little emotion.
As a huge fan of The Twilight Zone, this story is one of the easiest 5* I've given. Bullseye-true to the original concept, hilarious and expertly done!
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Those who only know Burgess Meredith through Rocky or (ugh) the TV Batman should watch him in his multiple Twilight Zone episodes. Brilliant!
Excellent! Rod would definitely approve. I don't know if the Venusian Stud Ray was a new idea, but it's something that would be fun to see some authors pick up and play with. Well done!
Splendidly eccentric in the same vein as the Jeff Goldblum/Geena Davis movie "Earth Girls are Easy"; and just as wonderfully entertaining. Well done.
MLJ
Hilarity. A... Venusian slut ray. It couldn't be a lunar slut ray. No. Or a Mercurian slut ray. That wouldn't do. Too fast of course. Nor a Jovian slut ray. Nor even a Trans-Uranian slut ray. Don't ponder that one too much. And the Saturnians? They used it on what is now the Asteroid Belt, then turned it way down and used it on Ancient Rome. So much for Rome. History sort of resonates.
Lol! Outstanding! Terrifically silly and fun. Thank you for the enjoyable ride!
Missed the mark. I always thought that Burgess Meredith was a great character actor and Rod Serling used to scare the pants off me but this was just a little too far out there.
Well played sir !
Yes... the TV references are easy to find, and the Martian Slut Ray is infamous on LW, but I think you have brought the Venusian Stud Ray to the fore in this cute tale that I gave 5 stars !
Of course, one of the downsides of the Venusian Stud Ray is a bad case of Venusian Crotch Rot as a result of over-indulgence in sex with victims of the Stud Ray !
Again, well done !
Nope, I got it, but just didn't think it was that clever or amusing. No story here except of the existence of some "stud" ray, nothing happened afterwards.....
Fun and............anyway, where can I get the Martian slut ray, there seems to be a lack of sluts around here...........
So funny! Loved it and reading the final paragraph in Rod Serlingese was a great way to end it. Thanks for writing and for participating in the event.
Loved the reference at the end to "The Twilight Zone"...
...also loved the story for the extreme snark IN the story !
Well played !
"His scent, a manly musk with indescribably delicious notes of teargas and patchouli?" What a great line! ;-)
Thanks for the contribution -- still working my way through the event stories!
Very nice, thank you!
And I'm still trying to decide, wether the last comment ("Wrong category") was meant as humorous as the story, or not. Anyway, I chuckled. Thank you for that, too, Anonymous.
A well-above-average story from an equally well-above-average author. Banking will never be the same in Centreville. I laughed so hard I had to go back and read it again.