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Jon T's avatar

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

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EJ Trask's avatar

but what if it was almost minkus down there??

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Jon T's avatar

zoiks!!

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Liz Zimmers's avatar

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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EJ Trask's avatar

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

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Bette Perkins's avatar

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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Sandy Shaller's avatar

"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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EJ Trask's avatar

appreciate it Sandy!

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Keith Long's avatar

Real good stuff right here.

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EJ Trask's avatar

thank you Keith!

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Marie Drouvin's avatar

That’s simply lovely !! Thank you

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Lyndsey Resnick's avatar

Fantastic, EJ! Thank you.

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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

Yes, EJ. YES. Righteous. 💥

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Caz Hart's avatar

Lovely, just perfect.

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EJ Trask's avatar

thank you Caz!

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Ken Flyingheart's avatar

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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Vince Roman's avatar

Is this EJ Frick?

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