Ukuba uphonononge kutshanje inoveli ragdoll (rag unodoli), nguDaniel Cole, ngoku sifumanisa enye inoveli engashiyi ngasemva ngokubhekisele kwimeko entle yolwaphulo-mthetho kunye nobubi bombulali ukuze enze intetho yokufa, okanye intetho yobugcisa, okanye esinye isizathu esingachazekiyo. ukuba inxibelelana ngqo nokukwazi kwengqondo yomntu ukunikezela ebubini xa inikezela kwizilingo zakudala zikaMtyholi.
Kwimeko yale ncwadi i-Splinters in the Blood, uRuth Lake ukhokelela kuphando lokufumana umbulali obulalayo, uhlobo oluthile lomthungi oguqula imizimba engaphiliyo yamaxhoba akhe ibe zizinto ezilizothe eziphawulwe kulusu lwabo olufileyo njengamathambo okanye imizobo Yenziwe kwimpahla yokwenene yesikhumba asebenza kuyo umenzi wengubo ngononophelo lwengqondo.
Ukhatshwa luphando olwenziwa nguGreg Carver, iqabane elifanelekileyo lokufumana igxalaba lokuncika kuye kunye nobani onokuthi adlale ngaye malunga nemodus operandi de kube kungcakaza kube ngumsonto oqinileyo wokutsala.
Kuze kube yinto enobungozi ibhekise umnwe wayo wegazi kwiCarver endala. Ixhoba lakutshanje livela ngosuku olubi olubonakaliswa ngumfazi wakhe, isoyikiso esithe ngqo nesinamandla entliziyweni nasengqondweni yomkomishinala.
Kwaye uCarver uyabhabha. Uziva woyisiwe, uqhutywa yiminqweno yokuzibhubhisa, phakathi kwazo zonke izinto ezimbi apho anokulibala inqanaba lakhe elitsha njengopopayi ezandleni zombulali ongenanceba.
Xa uCarver efika ezantsi kweengxaki zakhe, inani leLake livela ngaphandle, ngokungathi ubembukele ngalo lonke eli xesha. UCarver uvuka ebuthongweni kunye nompu. Ichibi liyalikhombisa. Kwimizuzwana embalwa yokufakwa kwakhona ngokukhohlakeleyo kwihlabathi lokwenyani, liqhutywa yimfuno yokuphila, uCarver uqala ukufumanisa inyani ebambekayo….
Ichibi linaye kwigumbi lakhe, bobabini kuphela. Xa eyilawule, iLake iqala ukwenza ngathi bakwindawo yolwaphulo-mthetho, icime imikhondo kuphela ...
Ungayithenga inoveli ngoku Izitshizi egazini, Incwadi entsha ka-Ashley Dyer, nantsi: