And that's why people must have a right to protect themselves with force against force.
I'm Cat, but you can also call me wayyward if you feel so inclined.
I like to draw, and I always have!
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I definitely left it open to interpretation. I wonder if using violence made Jamie's life any better, or if it led her down the same path as George. George burned their home but he didn't physically hurt Jamie or her family, but maybe she prevented him from hurting people later on. Thanks for your comment :) I wanted the story to raise some moral questions.
Finally getting around to reading some more of these enters.
Well done for getting 2nd place! Very good, (and kind of sad) story, I liked the theme you ran with for Kingdom, every man's home is his castle and all that, feel bad for Jamie, becoming a killer at that age is not something any kid should have to face.
Hey, thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful comment! And thank you for taking the time to read this story! <3 I'm really glad you liked it, even if the subject matter was a bit sad! There were some really good entries in this jam, so I was grateful to make it in the top 3!
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I went to bed shortly after posting this last night, so I forgot to say a couple things. Guess I'll do that now!
First, I realized I didn't give this story a title in my post! The title is "Jamie".
Second, the word count of the story alone (not including the couple sentences at the top) is 3,521. It's still under the max word count when you include that, but I don't think it matters...! xD
I got kind of inspired, so staying under 3,600 words was challenging, but I'm glad that requirement was there. It forced me to cut out extraneous words and repetitive sentences.
I think I write best under pressure, so if it wasn't for this jam, you probably wouldn't see me posting any stories here at all. I was excited to see a writing event happening on Newgrounds! I didn't get around to doing the short story contest in the spring, so I wanted to jump on this opportunity. I too am of the opinion that writers don't have enough places to show off their work on here. I'm glad people are making an effort to change that! :)
Anyway, I had fun participating in this jam and writing this story. If you read it, I hope you enjoy it!