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Miguel S.'s avatar

Lmao the twist got me good. Great story Nick!

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M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

Holy shit this did not disappoint! I really REALLY enjoyed this bud!

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Nick Winney's avatar

Thanks MP. 😎 i kinda feel a longer take would draw out the idea better but i do like the pace of it that the 250 words forced out.

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M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

Maybe? I think the brevity here lets the imagination go wild. Making 250 words hit is damn hard to do. I think this is a strong piece

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Esther Chilton's avatar

It's great to see this slick bit of flash among your longer works. Very dark.

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Nick Winney's avatar

Hi Esther!

how are you! lovely of you to read and comment thank you so so much!

yes most of my stuff is quite a bit longer … but you'll be pleased to see its all horrible! haha!

hope you are well and the “gang” are doing good.

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Esther Chilton's avatar

I am glad you're writing what you enjoy best - the horrible stuff!

All's good thank you and the group's going well. I've missed your writing but it's great that I can now read it on here. I have a few of your longer pieces to catch up with.

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Nick Winney's avatar

i think you would like the Concurrencies. its got some characters and some humour and its not horrible horrible

. and the Legacy starts off quite fun... but ended up really dark and horrible. woops.

all the things i wrote for WB have ended up in here too. usually a bit longer!

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Garen Marie's avatar

Love the rhythm of your words. So much said in just a little space, too. Really nice.

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Nick Winney's avatar

thank you Garen 😎

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

That's a scary one!

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Nick Winney's avatar

cut throat razors give me the absolutely creeping horrors!

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

Yep, makes me glad I'm not a man. Though if I were, I'd grow a beard!

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Nick Winney's avatar

nose waxing is awful

but ear flaming is rather nice once the initial terror wears off.

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

I've never heard of that, but if the procedure is even half as terrifying as it sounds, I would definitely have fuzzy ears, too!

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Nick Winney's avatar

dont do it. its horrid

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

Oh, I won't be doing it, don't worry. I was half wondering if you were pulling my leg, so I looked it up... they actually sell nose waxing kits on the internet! I cringe just thinking about it...

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

Wait... NOSE waxing? For the love of humanity.... ouch!

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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

Nice one, Nick!

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Nick Winney's avatar

thanks Sean - I knew this one would just pop out virtually fully formed - was simples - its practically my actual real life barber shop experience, apart from (I hope) my barbers are not all werebeasts

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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

haha let's hope!

yeah I'm really into this one.

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