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Patrick K.'s avatar

Whoa. Once again, a surprising last line!

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I have a little O. Henry in me

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Anonymous
Mar 5, 2023

Whoa!! Holy crap... so good.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I always like it when you like em

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Jim Cummings's avatar

I thought it was going to be a cat fight but you brought it home with no casualties.

Nice one.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I don't pull the reins very often but this one almost went super dark

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Justin Deming's avatar

Whoa! Some excellent twists at the end! Loved how you wrote this one and how you revealed the critical plot points. So well done.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

There was definitely some dancing,line shuffling,more on the fly structural edits than a piece this length usually requires. Super happy it worked for you. Next weekend I'm on a movie set as the only human actor in the film. I'm really curious to see how it impacts the stories.

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Justin Deming's avatar

How cool - can’t wait to see what you come up with!

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David's avatar

well said

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Joe's avatar

Very intelligent story.

Could be read at a convention of ...

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

...Catheter salespeople? Cattle Prodders? Tell me

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Joe's avatar

Ha!

Psychiatric convention

Anesthesia convention

Teachers, etc.

Anyone who needs to be reminded of reality.

Cattle prodders would love it.

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Reuben Salsa's avatar

Cant trust cat ladies

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

But you can trust Cat People to play once a year at an art movie house

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Patty Mallett's avatar

You can totally trust cat ladies. You just can’t trust lunatics.

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Reuben Salsa's avatar

😁😁😁😁😁

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bd miller's avatar

Hahahaha.... love it

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Glad you love it. And thanks for bringing more people to the party

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V. C. Ackerman's avatar

Whoa, plot twist!

If she felt guilty about the cat, then she’ll definitely feel guilty about the children.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I do love to twist em when it makes sense

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