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Nancy Waddell's avatar

Love it Lyndsey, love this line: “Moon-pocked eyes, dull as flour.” A haunting story, now I’ll be scared to walk past the corners of my house lol.

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Lyndsey Resnick's avatar

Thanks, Nancy! I was thinking about how memories can stick with us in a harmful way. Then I wondered ‘what if other people’s memories did, too?’

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

Love a creepy flash fiction!

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Lyndsey Resnick's avatar

Thank you!

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Emerald City Ghosts's avatar

I love the subtlety here!

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Lyndsey Resnick's avatar

Thank you!

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Jean Marie Bauhaus's avatar

Had a moment where I forgot I was reading fiction and despised the narrator for leavng her friend, or at least not going for help. Vary effective. Well done.

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Jean Marie Bauhaus's avatar

Very. 🙄

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Lyndsey Resnick's avatar

Not the best friend to have, for sure. I thought I would feel sorry for her, but then I didn't.

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Tell Me a Mystery's avatar

Oh that is so creepy good!!!

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Lyndsey Resnick's avatar

Thank you so much!

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Tell Me a Mystery's avatar

You are welcome! I'd love to do an audio teaser from this story, if you're interested. Here's an example of what I've done in the past. But no worries, if it's not your thing. https://open.substack.com/pub/tellmeamystery/p/audio-excerpt-from-dark-device?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=19f5he

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Lyndsey Resnick's avatar

That's amazing! You are so generous to offer. I would love to see what you “hear” when you read it.

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Tell Me a Mystery's avatar

Fantastic! I'll have something soon!

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Lyndsey Resnick's avatar

Thank you! This is exciting!

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Liz Zimmers's avatar

Marvelous! I want to dig deeper into this, to know more about both of them. The narrator’s voice is perfect, haunted forever by memory. Brilliant!

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Lyndsey Resnick's avatar

Thanks, Liz!

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