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Something inside him prayed it was the last....

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Merci

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Thanks Walter. Maybe Matt and you can discuss one of your stories on the podcast.

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Walter Kirn― "Soon, he will leave the Forest of Four Peaks and return to the dismal flats of his old life"

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Very nice Walter! Thanks!

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Walter, you blocked my main personal acnt on twtr! like the MAIN one?! you are a hero of mine: do you know why you did?

i was honest when complimenting your writing, & speaking. i was honest about my psychonaught friends now taking methylene blue. & i was honestly sharing reaction vids: bc i actually like them! & i was honest when i said you blocking me would register as negative affect. & it hurts a bit. we've never had a negative exchange*. & im not a bot. & maybe im neither fun nor as good at writing or coalition building as i may prefer. it is, unfairly, harder to enjoy your work now.

you dont owe me anything. but when i get blocked (not even just muted) by my heroes, im always curious why. of course i am. & were you not a hero of mine: i wouldnt have noticed. right? i suspect you added a tone in your mind that wasnt actually present. but i actually dont know. do you?

not the first hero ive been blocked by, which says whatever it says. but if you know why, let me know. here or anywhr. or dont. but i asked. _JC

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*(i dont actually check my mentions often, bc i work a lot of nights & study a lot of the rest of the day. by the time i get to twtr in any moment im tired & it is pretty loose. still: we've shared no *active* negative exchanges im aware of.)

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The caged bird preys. But first, coffee.

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I love short stories. Keep ‘em coming Walter.

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Thanks!

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More please Water!

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All I can say, Walter, is that I live in a motel and the room came with a "memory foam" type bed with a pre-designed (by the previous tenant) depression in the mattress in just they wrong place and so it was impossible to be comfortable on it so now I develop a sore spot inside the back of my shoulder that does not go away." Your prompt for all that was: "a firm double bed that made his hips ache..." But it is a good story. The future will probably be worse than this, I figure. You are optimistic.

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it is very nice to see you are working with Matt Taibi but can you tell him not to block "comments." It's unAmerican, okay? The point is not to make the world dependent on money. Substack is being pulled into the undertow.

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I don’t intend to offend.... was this written by AI? It’s not that it’s all bad but there are numerous grammatical errors that don’t seem intentional and should not get past a 2nd or 3rd read - plus, the language, phrasing and descriptions often seem a bit odd or do not fit the context as in the vandalism scene.

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