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Old 23-02-2008, 10:22 AM
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Re: House Of Fear, Doors Of Death.

What about
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…Tristan picked up an action figure looked(looking) at it fondly then placed back down.?
(Just because one assumes that when you pick something up, you are using one’s own hand(s).

What about
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…His eyes weighed down with the heaviness of sleep.?
What about
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…As he awoke memories of his childhood still plagued his mind.?
I wouldn’t say…He had darker skin back then and a thick Italian accent. Just say…His skin was darker then and he had a stronger Italian accent.?

Why not say
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…The mugger accepted it, but behind him someone yelled, “Police stop!” The assailant or robber reached deep inside his cheap black coat…?
You need a space between “him dead.” Then capitalize Tristan. Say…Tristan didn’t fall on his own accord…Actually that sentence is a bit awkward.

What about
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…He ran in there shutting the door behind him.?
Would weapons require “deadly skill?” Wouldn’t be precise skill or handling?

What about
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…Tristan thought of the hatred he had for that mugger, the (something) addict.?
What about…The walls of crimson smeared/washed/dripped of dark blood as the animals seemed to glare at him.?

Wouldn’t a comma be warranted here because you are separating two thoughts? After tiring himself out, new feelings set in. (The sentence itself still seems awkward.)

What about
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…Depression and remorse washed over him/drowned him as he remembered his abandoned wife and infant child.?
There should be a space between that paragraph and the following…and surrounded him.Out of the darkness…

Other words for darkness, dimness, dusk, murkiness possibly vagueness.

What about
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…it had no definite features but a human contour.?
Wouldn’t it be
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…the sheet shaping itself into this figure.?
What about
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…It(As) it extended its hand this creature lashed out at him, Tristan ducked to avoid contact.?
What about
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…He leaped over this fiend, his left foot brushing the brink of its darkness. A bottomless pit swirled/formed under its feet sucking the floor of this room in.?
As one is running from “fear” or “darkness” would the description of a rug be relevant?

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…this sight was behind a doorway with the door open.?
This seems a bit awkward.

It should be…
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A phrase he…
A Latin phrase with no meaning/significance to him.?

That's a very long sentence of (for me personally) awkward speech.

A bit vague and rushed for me, but with an interesting underline plot.
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