"Letter from the Front" is a missive sent from a soldier named Josh to his wife, Penelope. The story moves from an abstract description of a miserable lonely war, and gradually establishes that it is a war between United States and Canada over water.
The story's strengths are in its gradual description, layering causes and locations. The reader asks questions constantly, but it still feels like too little too late. Some of the information could be loaded in by having an address line at the top, or anything else that could go with a letter. It definitely should establish a specific place up front. But I think for this particular class, I would encourage more experimentation. The plot is already an experiment, but twist the way it is told, or who the narrator is. Push the convention a little further and this could be really interesting.
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