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EllenPepper's avatar

This is exquisite: "They now exist as nothing but distant footprints of former lives stamped into the rubble of the violent shore, which rolls a wave over one of them and drags it into the ocean like it’s feeding an invisible leviathan."

Also, the tear "strolling down" is very satisfying.

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Charles Bastille's avatar

Thanks, Ellen! It's my favorite story (of mine). Do writers get to have favorites?

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EllenPepper's avatar

Yep!

I’m not sure which of mine is my favorite, though.

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Pere Ubu's avatar

Don't know if you've ever seen the episode "CONTINGENCY" from the "Local 58" analog horror series, but this reminds me a lot of that.

And, yeah, I think there's a lot of people right now who'd do whatever the government told them, ridiculous as it sounded.

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Charles Bastille's avatar

No, I haven’t seen that. Thanks for the reference. Is Local 58 a show that streams somewhere?

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Pere Ubu's avatar

It's a channel on YouTube, one of the first analog horror creations:

https://youtube.com/c/LOCAL58TV

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Charles Bastille's avatar

Thanks!

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