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Jacki's avatar

*Listening to lo-fi to chill out and focus*

*Sees new post title*

Oh no

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Issie's avatar

Way too good and way too real; having to write a 3,000 word essay on James Joyce’s Ulysses can and will do that to a person

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Andy Farrant's avatar

omg it’s happening 😰

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Kara Dennison's avatar

Thanks as always for sharing these. Another excellent one - love the extra layer of all those other viewers in it together. I’m noticing some of these are falling into a really well aligned theme that could be great for an anthology, too.

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Lance Lovell's avatar

Loved this. I haven’t read the previous ones yet, but after reading this one, I’ll definitely be catching up. Can’t wait for the rest.

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Alex's avatar

Lofi beats to kill your friends and family to 🎶

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L.L. Ford's avatar

The way this starts to amp up the intensity at the end was just amazing. It's so fascinating to see the different ways suspense can be ratchetted up in such short reads!

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Joe Springthorpe's avatar

Amazing work. I love getting fully pulled in the world and story each time. Seeing the notification pop up for these is a highlight of my week

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Vanessa Frost's avatar

Wow. Very glad you are publishing these essays, and I'm having fun reading them aloud with my husband.

Really enjoyed this one, though the ending(while very good) felt a little abrupt. Great work all the same and I'm excited to read the next one <3

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Peter's avatar

Excellent work!

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Ethan Pearson's avatar

I think this is the creepiest one yet. I got goosebumps.

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Marc Chambers's avatar

Quite good; love how it stays small and personal, including the impact at the end, but then you see it's also been a widespread thing. Unsettling!

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A will do surely's avatar

Andy yet again displays his mastery of two dialects - Classical English, and Internet Chat. Showing strong fundamentals in murder, too.

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Hanna's avatar

The end really gave me the shivers. Great work!

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Jamie's avatar

Read this when it came out, it continues to live rent free in my head and I still can't watch the lofi girl on youtube without imagining her turning to look at camera XD a story with definite staying power, I doff my cap to you good sir!

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Aeron Gray's avatar

i just love the tiny details in these stories that make them feel so real. the dental ad, the candle, the cat in the video, its all recognisable and great worldbuilding. i love when short stories have worldbuilding.

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