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Joe Springthorpe's avatar

Andy really does a stellar job of world building and ratcheting up the tension. You've got to hand it to him

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Victoria's avatar

I sort of saw the ending coming, but I still laughed out loud at it because it was so, so good. I love the modern fable vibe of these. I would end on a hand pun, but my uncursed hands don't know any.

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Wizzy McWizzyton's avatar

I’m sensing satire, Farrant. And it’s very amusing!

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Jacki's avatar

Well I for one know the truth when I read it and appreciate all bravery in bringing this to light #SirCelebrityWasHand

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L.L. Ford's avatar

I immediately thought "wow this character's pretentious" and as soon as the right wing tabloid was dropped into the frame I could see the way this was going... it didn't stop me from laughing out loud at the end though, another master class from Andy

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Ruby's avatar

Ha! I literally watched Body Parts last week and this is a hilarious contemporary take, love it

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Charzaga's avatar

After watching Dracula Unleashed in Andy's FMV Zone, the explanation given for Quincy Morris' death reminded me a lot about this story. Imagine Alexander just being falsely led around by a bunch of weirdos hiding their sex club.

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Peter's avatar

Finally Andy gets to the true horror: Cancel Culture! But seriously I have finally figured out why I love these so much. They remind me of the Magnus Archives.

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Fernanda's avatar

Finally, I read all the shortstories so far, and I have to say: Andy, you are a master in comedy and horror! Truly, these stories made me laugh out loud and made me shiver while I read it. I'm loving it and it may be inspiring me to write a few short stories of my own.

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Andy Astruc's avatar

Cancel culture refers to when they grow the cancellation in a petri dish at the hospital.

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Daniel's avatar

Well that certainly didn't go how I thought it would. Thanks for another great story!

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Vanessa Frost's avatar

What a joy.

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Jiminy Cricket's avatar

I like the virtue signalling at the start of the text, what with the charity work and the altruism and such. Its purpose is not apparent at first and had me wondering why Andy felt the need to include it, but then after having finished reading, you understand why the pretentious celebrity narrator would want to drop that in there for their public statement.

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Barbara Rowley's avatar

You know, I’d not be hugely surprised to find someone using this excuse! Love it!

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Octochan's avatar

I guess he wore out the good old "my account was hacked" excuse and needed some new angle to avoid accountability

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PTONPC's avatar

It wasn't as handy as he thought it would be......

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