![]() ![]() She has been stuck as a toddler for roughly as long as Jeffty stayed five during the course of the story. First and foremost, I couldn't help but think about the parents of Brooke Greenberg (in an amazing coincidence, just a couple weeks ago I first read about her medical condition). I find myself juggling a few different thoughts as I write this. In fact, it took me a few moments to regain my composure after finishing the story. I truly had no memory of how it ended, but the second that the narrator, Danny, leaves Jeffty unattended in front of an array of televisions, a feeling of absolute dread washed over me and didn't leave until the story's tragic ending, one which still managed to surprise and shock me in spite of preparing myself for something horrific. ![]() ThetalkingmooseEarlier this evening, I read Harlan Ellison's "Jeffty Is Five" for the first time since my teen years. ![]()
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