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Pischick the hero. Woohoo. Awesome tale, Mr. Doom.

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Thanks. I love anthropomorphizing

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That one hit primary target, twice.

Pischick the Conqueror!

Standing-O, Mr. Doom.

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You would have really loved the Jane Goodall fan fiction one of the participants wrote

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Jane Goodall is an interesting character, to say the least!

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Pischick, the laid back, though ridiculed, keen observer, risked himself for the damsel. I like it. Another interesting tale.

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We work off random prompts in the sessions. All I knew when I drew “ Hornet” is that I didn’t want him to be a villain

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Omg I am LITERALLY crying I’m laughing so hard that the cat’s paying attention.

I needed this, J.

Pischick was awesome, but you’re a genius. xx.

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I’m thrilled you love it and that I wrote a fun one at the right time. I’m thrilled you think I’m a genius. My bank account thinks I’m an idiot.

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Banks! Pfttt

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That said it seems impossible that would be so - even banks must accept reality sometimes

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Took me 15 years to go from an idiot to a genius. Hope you do it more quickly.

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Loved it

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I’m glad. It was fun to write

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Oh shit. I LOVE the okayesque word but can’t apply it here. The story was wonderful, hilarious but also utterly horrifying. Made me kinda ill. Been through far too many hornets-envountered-while-climbing ladders. Far worse was losing a dear friend, a ski mate, band member, book club partner who died after falling off a ladder. Worst Memorial Day ever.

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If I can combine wonderful and horrifying I think I’m doing ok. I’m afraid of heights, so I avoid ladders and scissor lifts though to pay the bills I’ve been on both

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Love it! Pischick is a hornet hero!

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That was the goal when I drew the hornet card

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Talk about Karma being a bitch.

:)

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Bad Karma seems to exist. Not sure about good Karma

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That was amazing.

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Thanks. I swear to you it was at best the third best thing of 8 written in our writing group that day

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I mean… You made a chill hornet the hero of a somehow comical assault case. Who topped that?

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One participant wrote the first short story of his life. He wrote it in English, which is the third language he has learned. He’s a native Arabic speaker.

Another person wrote a completely banging and believable Jane Goodall fan fiction that ended with a poetic and resonant flourish. We were all stunned.

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Sounds fun!

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First adult short story I've read featuring a bug. Wonderful name. Pischick.

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