Reviewed by Larry

The frustration and drive a writer feels when stretching himself to produce original, fresh, brilliant work - a masterpiece - is palpable in the first few paragraphs of Pieter Koster's "A Writer's Sentence". The title is supreme - the sentence final.

Koster, in some instances, chooses his words beautifully, and in those instances his images engrave themselves in your mind. These instances signal Koster's preliminary steps to, one day, a masterpiece of his own. But unlike his character, a writer whose recurring penchant is cliche and predictability, Koster's downfall is a weak shift in POV, a flat main character, excessive adjectives, and a liberal sprinkling of misplaced punctuation and exclamation marks.

This story might better be told totally from the POV of the second character Koster introduces - The Agent. She is a better developed character that could enhance the story if it were seen through her eyes. The image of her rippling through the corridor has stayed with me.

Her chubby hip - plump from the fruit of the authors she cultivates - bumps the dead authors keyboard bringing to life an ending that is poignant and provocative.