Lindsay Hunter’s characters are some of the most humane fictional people I have met. But Hunter’s characters are not ordinary and neither is her writing. The stories in her collection Don’t Kiss Me are brief but they are packed with action and interesting ideas. Hunter has a unique style and her short stories also use a variety of sentences: some ordinary and brief, while most are run-ons. The run-ons allow the writer to reveal the most important aspects of the story. In other words, readers don't have a break between actions or feelings, but rather told them in one fell swoop, giving the writer little room to wander. The run-on sentences typically combine ideas, actions, and subjects, while containing clear adjectives that give the long sentences
