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LA Davis's avatar

This is excellent

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Ace of Tales's avatar

Beautiful, incredible story. Moved so easily it didn’t even feel long

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James Worth's avatar

that makes me so happy to hear, thank you very much!!

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Emily S Hurricane's avatar

This piece is utter yearning. 🙌 Gorgeous.

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Nick Winney's avatar

beautiful writing. aching with real humanity. huge huge sigh at the end. 🥰

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Megan May's avatar

Incredible read. Absolutely devastating. I came here bc of an Always Sunny reference I caught in a note of yours, stayed when I caught the SpongeBob reference, subscribed when I fell for Ethan, the sentamentalist. Thank you for this gem

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Pages After Dark's avatar

It’s really impressive how you wrote the characters. Very well-written and they read like real people and not just fictional characters. You have real talent! Keep writing, fellow writer!

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James Worth's avatar

thank you so much, this is one of the highest compliments I could receive—my characters are very important to me. I really appreciate your kind words, truly. <3

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Bob Graham's avatar

God, James. This story ripped me up. I knew a person like Frankie once, and you got the hurt bang on. Unbelievably well done.

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James Worth's avatar

Frankies are hard to love but even harder to stop loving. thank you, Bob, I appreciate you very much(:

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gabby's avatar

well, this was exactly what i needed. been feeling very stuck lately so Frankie's restless itch and the endless chase of it all felt especially pertinent. also, i just always love your writing - thank you for this one

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James Worth's avatar

thank you gabby, this is so kind. this story is a little frightening to resonate with (I was writing Frankie based on someone I knew and ended up seeing much more of myself in her than I’d wanted to) and I’m really happy to hear you took something real from it. very grateful<3

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James Duque Huffman's avatar

brilliant work 👏

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Liz Zimmers's avatar

Superb! I ached for both Frankie and Ethan. You’ve made me cry again, James!

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Caroline Osella's avatar

Oh Frankie, I hope you break the streak and learn to sit still long enough for somebody to love you. It's all you want. And James, I very much liked how you got me feeling empathy for the poor BF although we don't know much about him. High school sweethearts were never so fucked up. Great work. Again. Thank you.

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M. Anne Avera's avatar

Holy shit. This was wonderful.

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