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I just saw a quote from fantasy writer Scott Lynch that made me think of “The Man in the Tree”: “Elegant worldbuilding is the act of using little things to invite big inferences. When you tell us that a woman in a fictional world has bought an apple from a vendor, you have also told us (if we care to make the inferences) about farmer, orchard, tree, and seed.”

And with as complex as the human mind, we can make our psychopath as deranged as we want!

A forensic psychologist once told me about a psychopath (back when psychologists still used that term) he interviewed who was imprisoned for life after having been a hit man for the mob. The prisoner had no remorse about any of the murders he had committed, but he also argued that everyone he killed was someone the world was better off without (because they were all criminals from rival organizations). So even a person with no conscience may feel the need to justify their actions.

Some say that GeorgeGlass’s great talent is to make readers believe the unbelievable and so without further ado a positive review of The Man in the Tree. Thank you for your review! I am always grateful to hear what people have thought of my stories. It made me do something I thought I’d never again do: read the story. It. Um. Yeah, we’ll go with that... Detailed world building. Irony. Trees gonna tree. It was probably intended to be in the same world as another few supernatural characters I do, although there’s nothing explicitly connecting it. Could always do a follow up and send Kate to sharpen her claws against it and then have to run away really fast. Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate the review and making me have one less unreviewed!