Boot Points

A Short Story from the Deadwood Humorous Mystery Series, Deadwood Shorts, Book 2

By: Ann Charles

Narrated by: Lisa Larsen

It's not really about the boots … or is it? Boot Points is a set of short tales about Violet Parker's purple boots. It is set in the story time between the third and fourth books in the Deadwood Mystery series. Each tale not only explains more of Violet's history, but also shows the role each character plays in Violet's life. In addition to this short story, there is a deleted scene from Nearly Departed in Deadwood, the first book in the Deadwood Mystery Series. Also, there are three short stories called "Dancing with Dialogue," "Rainstorms," and "Metro Madness" pulled from Ann's short story vault.

©2013 Ann Charles (P)2014 Ann Charles

Thanks for sharing

I’ve really enjoyed this series so far. I love the humor in the many twists. I am grateful that many of the books are in the special section so I was able to sample the writing and enjoy your work. I too am not a really big fan of more explicit intimacy, but I honor the authors artistic license and I just fast forward, hoping I don’t miss major theme lines. Thanks again for riding boot points. I don’t understand why the subject matter wouldn’t have worked in the book, but then again I’m not an author or a writer, and it’s really cool to see the behind the scene development of this series and your writing skills.

Great!

I love this series. The writing is Whitty and captivating. I was pleasantly surprised with the series.

not a fan

I am not liking these short stories in this series. I just makes things confusing and/or does not hold intrest because it does not relate. They need to stop adding these in.

Narrator not good

I could not listen to narrator. Had to stop 1o mins into listening narrator changed the whole tone of the story.

Short Story

Where did Violet Parker get her purple boots that have become Doc’s costume of choice.

I absolutely loved this short book

In addition to being a great accompaniment to the main series we get to enjoy some short stories from the author that give us a glimpse of her creative process. I absolutely loved those and am glad for the $4 and change I spent just so that so can re-read those short stories at the end.

Selling practice work

This included a couple of scenes with Violet and a few writing exercises the author had done before she was published. While the first vignette with Doc and Violet was cute, nothing else was and the work certainly wasn't worth six dollars. In fact, I have trouble calling it work. It seems like a bunch of practice pieces. And while I might be interested in the practice pieces of J.R.R. Tolkien, the deadwood series has not quite reached the level of the Lord of the Rings yet. This material reminds me of material other authors offer for free on their websites - and on audible. Actually, the free stories other authors offer on audible are far superior to Boot Points - with complete plots and satisfying endings! (See the Chronicles of St Mary's shorts or the Riyria shorts as examples.) While I enjoy the deadwood series, this book of shorts, as well as her other book of shorts, did not give any new information or flesh out the characters any more fully. it is irritating and seems disrespectful to fans that this quality of material was gathered and sold under the auspices of enhancing the deadwood series. So, well I enjoyed the series I am now a bit turned off by the author.

Not Worth a Whole Credit

This short story would have been better if the narrator’s dry telling of they story weren’t distracting. The tone of her voice was ok, but she told the story like dry run reading of a script. I feel a little robbed of a credit.

Narrator

using anyone besides Caroline Schaffer to read Violet is such a shame. She is fantastic doing all of the voices. I also love her smart ass sarcasm that she adds in.