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Authors often write differently in novels then in short stories. This isn't always the case but most times it is. writes pretty much the same way in his novel's as he does in his short stories. In all of Baxter's stories, there is always an element of realistic ....

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.... stories. All fictional characters have certain qualities within themselves that no one else has. This is not always true. Most of Baxter's characters are all different in one way but yet are all very similar. Almost all of Baxter's characters have a desperate need to find peace in themselves. In "Kiss Away", Jodie seems to be not able to trust Walton after her encounter with Gleinya which makes me believe that she had been hurt before in the past, although we are never told this in the story. The same thing is seen in "Stained Glass", where Donna doesn't believe she can stay with Bobby, but after se received his stained glass portrait, she forgave him ....