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Edward.Marlo.Ruiz's avatar

So cool. You actually made me feel for a thing calling us parasites the entire time. Poor house man. Really enjoyed the way it kind of turns into a poltergeist like entity with being able to cause chaos.

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Bradley Ramsey's avatar

Haha, thank you for checking it out! Yeah, all of the "Exiled Ones" in my connected mythos of horror stories used to live in our universe before humanity essentially kicked them out with help from supernatural beings called Wardens.

So, they see us as parasites that have colonized their multiverse, but this story's intention was to make you feel bad for what is essentially one of the "bad guys" in this mythos. Sounds like it worked! Appreciate you checking it out!

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Edward.Marlo.Ruiz's avatar

Ahhh the mythos! Man I really need to check out that directory, but thank you for explaining. It definitely worked.

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Bradley Ramsey's avatar

All good! My hope is the stories stand on their own, but then become better when you read multiple and see the connections. Thanks again for checking it out!

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Mina Howell's avatar

This story is so beautiful, but so heartbreaking 😭

I loved how you described the emotions so richly, they really had so much life and it was amazing!

This is definitely one of my new favorites! 💕

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Bradley Ramsey's avatar

Thank you, Mina! I shut off the voice in my head and did a stream-of-consciousness approach to this piece as a way to further experiment with flash fiction this month.

Really happy you enjoyed it!

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Mina Howell's avatar

I am a HUGE fan of stream of consciousness, and this was VERY well done!

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Devo/Murphy Carpenter's avatar

I love the way your mind works. This was my favorite so far. Bravo!!

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Bradley Ramsey's avatar

Wow, thank you so much! I'm always excited when a new experimental piece like this becomes someone's favorite.

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Wajeeha Nadeem's avatar

Really loved this one, you made me feel deeply for the house/thing!

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