Comments on: The Annie Oakley Show

By: Where to find my work… « Ari Goelman

Where to find my work… « Ari Goelman — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:20:23 +0000

[...] the Annie Oakley Show (Fantasy Magazine) [...]

By: Rob Mancebo

Rob Mancebo — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:46:32 +0000

Nicely done. Strongly human characters and a hint of history. A well written piece of fiction.

By: Meg

Meg — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:09:19 +0000

Wow. Creepy. Very cool. Now you will have the extra dimension in publishing stories like this of thinking: what will Ellie think?

By: Ari Goelman

Ari Goelman — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:29:28 +0000

Thanks Cat C!

And thank you Cat (Rambo) for your question. This is one of those (for me, extremely rare) stories where I can tell you exactly where the idea came from. I was flying across the country in the summer of 2002 and I was browsing the air line’s in flight magazine, and read a little article on Annie Oakley. Some of the details caught my attention – the devoted husband (who died a few days after Annie), the deprived childhood with impoverished parents, and it started me thinking…

By: Cat C.

Cat C. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:31:51 +0000

Awesome story! Thanks!

By: Cat Rambo

Cat Rambo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:07:05 +0000

Ari, I was curious where the idea for the story came from — are you particularly interested in this era of history?