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i could feel the weight of that thing, I'm happy you didn't write about it any further

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but what if it was almost minkus down there??

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zoiks!!

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Excellent! A gift from one who hasn’t much left to give; just a perfect chunk of gravestone. Perfect for its eventual purpose. I love this!

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oh that’s such a lovely way to put it! thank you.

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I loved this one, something about the past alive in the present, “”to keep getting out of bed she needed to believe in something, she needed to believe that maybe there could be a ghost here, a shimmering misstep in the molecular pattern, a burst of energy that lost its way. She needed to believe that everyone was wrong about everything.” WOW!!

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"Menento Mori" was a wonderfully exciting read. I love stories about ancient objects that contain a secret life. I also love some of the wonderful wording in your story such as, "Robin set the stone in her windowsill where it bathed silver in the streetlight." Thanks for an exciting read.

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appreciate it Sandy!

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Real good stuff right here.

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thank you Keith!

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That’s simply lovely !! Thank you

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Fantastic, EJ! Thank you.

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Yes, EJ. YES. Righteous. 💥

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Lovely, just perfect.

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thank you Caz!

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Heavy and darkly beautiful, spidered through with commentary and relevance. It's the kind of mixture I look for in any good horror story, and it's what I've come to expect from Substack's resident crypt keeper. Great work!

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