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Damn. This reads this like a flip book of Polaroids found in a seedy motel. I love it!

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Ohh I like that. ✨ Thanks!

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Who dis? More please. Super interesting glyph work and that voice was wicked snippy. One of my new faves of yours.

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Ahh ty ty. Def inspired by Mr. Jon T, Will Boucher, and A.P Murphy on this one. Trying to learn that jazz you boys play so well.

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feels good man

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I loved the line about the mascara. Spider's legs dipped in chocolate. Great.

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Thanks for mentioning that! I really liked that line, too. Was hoping it would resonate with someone else. ❤️

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this is awesome. it reminds me of tom wolfe. i'm so floored to be getting a brand new style from automatic writer after all this time. amazing talent.

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I'll take Tom Wolfe. ❤️ This comment really made my night.

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This was fantastic. I loved how fast paced it was!

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Thank you, Skyla!

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MORE!!!!

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❤️

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This is epic!! You are epic!! I absolutely love this style! And the drama....?! I eyes nearly popped out!

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What a lovely comment to wake up to! Thank you, Nicole! ❤️

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awesome! tight, driven, tense, vivid.

not sure about the repeated colons though? what is that... like... lots of pauses?

love the sauce and the colours imagery

nor sure i understand who everyone is in the scene... there seemed to be an extra woman right at the end...?

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Thanks, Nick!

The woman at the end is Blond. She's the one the yellow man came to kill.

The repeated colons was a stylistic choice. I wanted it to feel like the narrator was disgusted explaining more. And add intensity. This is the place to get a little wild and try stuff out. Make some jazz!

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Point-blank prose. Spontaneous but inevitable. And on top of all that, the characters felt alive. Top-shelf stuff.

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❤️❤️❤️

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Oh. My. Gawd! This is so freaking fantastic! It moves like a muscle car, growling and picking up speed and just glorious! Def a new favorite from you, Sean. I’m going to go take the ride again. And, Blond is one ice-cool bitch! Frank would agree (that’s why he’s her cat).

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A muscle car! That is perfect. Exactly what I was going for. Thanks, Liz! ❤️

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Man I love Blonde’s energy🖤 This is such a cool piece.

I stole a guy’s cat once. He always forgot to feed her and hit her all the time, so I felt like it was justified. He showed up at my apartment and said he wanted to introduce me to his friends, Smith and Wesson🙄 Her name was Nelly and I had for 15 years after that. She died one 4th of July of a heart attack. Sweetest little girl I’ve ever had, just all snuggles and no sass.

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Oh geez. Nelly. ❤️ Glad you rescued her from that lameo!

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That was some red-hot stuff there, man!

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Thanks, Bradley! Trying to throw some of that heat in there like you do!

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Well, I’d say it paid off. The snappy, clipped prose is perfectly fitted to the story. Loved how lean you made it. Ran all the way to the finish line in shutter-clicks. Yes!

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Thanks dude! Shutter-clicks! I love that.

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Good stuff young man. Tense, edgy, desperate, and lots of atmosphere - just the way I like it. Excellent job. - Jim

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Thanks, Jim! Thought I'd try something a little different with this one. :)

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This is so pointy, I love it.

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