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William Pauley III's avatar

I needed to take this cold water swim today. Thank you. 👏

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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

💦 Glad to oblige! Thanks for reading! ❤️

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

"But a coiled truth sprang at him"

Love that.

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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

I liked that, too! haha Thanks for reading!

Hope you’re able to relax a little now. Congrats! ✨

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Roman Newell's avatar

Hey Seany, nice write! Lucky cat ;)

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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

Thanks, Roman! I appreciate you reading it! ❤️

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Roman Newell's avatar

It was good stuff, I’ll have to dig into more of your work.

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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

Same! I peeked at your stuff and I'm stoked. I'll dig in soon. 💃

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Grimalkin's avatar

A fun short read, with a happy ending that could easily segue to a dark fairy tale/fantasy. 😻 Meow!

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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

Thank you! Indeed, a quick fun lil one! Glad you enjoyed it!

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EJ Trask's avatar

this is fantastic sean, so dreamy and strange. love it!

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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

In my head it was directed by Wes Anderson. :)

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EJ Trask's avatar

oh it definitely was!!!

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Liz Zimmers's avatar

Oh! I need more of this story!

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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

❤️

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Will Boucher's avatar

Loved it. Was this one you did for the GlobeSoup call?

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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

Yes! This was one of the three I wrote for the inspired by art contest. I'll be releasing the other two in the coming weeks. It was a really fun experience. I was thinking it could be cool to do something on Substack like that. Or maybe instead of art, using a few instrumental songs. Not as a contest, more just for the fun of it.

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Will Boucher's avatar

It called forth the image perfectly! Yeah it was a fun experience, would love to do it outside the context of a contest.

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Will Boucher's avatar

It called forth the image perfectly! Yeah it was a fun experience, would love to do it outside the context of a contest.

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Bette Perkins's avatar

Great story

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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

Thank you, Bette! ❤️

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