Historical Fiction

[tjatorra]

Title: 66-66-10
Word Count: 682

Author's Note: I've never written historical fiction before, so this is probably quite awful. Mary Jane Kelly was the fifth of the Whitechapel Murders (attributed to Jack the Ripper) - she was a 25 year old prostitute, killed November 9, 1888. I tried my best to blend truth into this little piece - her

Comments

[eska818]

Not sure why you were so concerned with this piece. You did a great job with it, right down to the awful grammar of English prostitutes, and how crude they likely were. (Ew swishing spit in her mouth?!) I liked Mr. Ripper too - very gentlemanly of him to offer her his handkerchief right before he slices and dices! XD

[tjatorra]

Ew swishing spit in her mouth?!

*laughs* I tried to think of a really, really disgusting habit that squicks me out... and yeah, that's what I came up with.

I'm glad you liked the language - honestly I was a bit nervous that it would come across as overbearing / trying too hard. I suppose I could have done more research on it, but as it was, I spent far too much time going through articles and photos and whatnot just for these 682 words...

The gentlemanly thing was kind of a stereotype, but it's one I like. There's something so much more ominous (to me, at least) about a gentleman killer.