Vipers Brood: A Novel of Suspense

Vipers Brood: A Novel of Suspense

Sorry, ain’t no suspense reader gonna pick this up.

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Misterfweem
Misterfweem
6 years ago

Are you kidding? This is PACKED with pathos. Will those clouds turn into more clouds that bring a slow drizzle? Maybe with thunderstorms? Will the weather get so bad the traffic at O’Hare will be snarled for days and will little Jimmy then miss his plane and not get home in time to see Grandpa pass into the next world? I’m on TENTERHOOKS!

Take Cover
Take Cover
6 years ago

OK, so not exactly suspenseful, but the buildings are slightly leaning. Might they someday perhaps fall?!!?!1!!

Srsly though, the most exciting thing about this is the typo.

Lydia
Lydia
6 years ago
Reply to  Take Cover

The missing apostrophe really upsets me.

Dave Williams
6 years ago
Reply to  Lydia

Maybe it’s a verb. What do vipers do? They lie around and brood…

Naaman Brown
Naaman Brown
6 years ago
Reply to  Lydia

Apostrophes? Chicago?
Viper’s Vipers’ Schmipers.
Apostrophes are for wimps from Waukegan.
Chicago dont need no stinkin apostrophes.

Lydia
Lydia
6 years ago

The vipers could be giant snakes nesting in the city behind the buildings. Those are leaning because the brood is about to hatch and wreak havoc! Maybe.

seaturtles
seaturtles
6 years ago

the suspense involves wondering who is going to vipe all of those vindows

Grackle
Grackle
6 years ago
Reply to  seaturtles

Did it make you think of that funny old ghost story too?

Grackle
Grackle
6 years ago
Reply to  Grackle

…okay, so I have just learnt from Naaman’s comment that it was a Tiny Tim bit….! I first read it in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

seaturtles
seaturtles
6 years ago
Reply to  Grackle

i’m pretty sure i first heard of it in animaniacs, so that’s where i’m coming from

Hitch
6 years ago
Reply to  Grackle

Hoooo, no. Tiny Time may have done the skit, but my parents used to tell that bit when I was a nipper–before Tim ‘ere arrived on the scene. Oldy but goody.

Right up there with “tankety-tank-tank-tank!”

Naaman Brown
Naaman Brown
6 years ago
Reply to  Hitch

I hate the versions that start “I am the Vinder Viper….” they telegraph the punch line.

Hitch
6 years ago
Reply to  Naaman Brown

Me, too. Some folks just do not know how to tell a joke or deliver a punchline.

Naaman Brown
Naaman Brown
6 years ago
Reply to  Hitch

“I am the Viper Vender. Got snakes?”

Hitch
6 years ago
Reply to  Naaman Brown

You’re killin’ it brother, in the good way.

Naaman Brown
Naaman Brown
6 years ago

Definitely “Chicago Skyline from Lake Michigan”.
How can we ask for anything any more noir than Chicago?
Chicago, city of
fleecy white white clouds on blue skies,
green trees on the shore line,
jaunty little sail boats on Lake Michigan,
with a title that evokes Tiny Tim’s “I am the Viper…” skit.
That’s noir, guys, soul of suspense and darkness.