Creative Writing Short Story: The Tragic End of LIttle Red Riding Hood

Photo by Manja Vitolic on Unsplash

source: https://unsplash.com/photos/CZeO5p251t4

Little Red Riding Hood wasn't little anymore. In fact, she had only just escaped the retirement home her children had banished here to some years ago. Tired of constantly hearing her paranoid fantastical delusional stories of `The Big Bad Wolf` - they eventually resorted to electroshock and a failed frontal lobotomy as their `final cure`.   

As she raced down the long drive to freedom - she felt the wind blowing through her hair  - as her red cape flew behind her. "Freedom!", she thought. "Just beyond that bend in the road up ahead..."


The son of the Big Bad Wolf had been waiting for this moment - all of his life. 'Justice will be mine!' he thought to himself...as he waited behind the giant tree just ahead.

Film Review: Little Forest. A luminous feast for the mind & soul

For the most part, the world of modern cinema is a travesty of extremes. Of sex. Of violence. Of banality. Of sophomoric humor. In a word - an assault on the senses and sensibilities - a "shock & awe" of excesses.

But, every so often - a film comes along that is subtle - a rich tapestry of nuances. Layered. Deep. A feast for the mind. Entire scenes expressed with the barest economy of emotion, movement, expression, and dialogue.

Such a film is this exquisite morsel - "Little Forest" - featuring the luminous talents of Kim Tae-ri.

https://www.amazon.com/Little-Forest-Kim-Tae-ri/dp/B07L1D19XR/