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The perfect ending. Loved this little story. It shows that you've written stories before, You *have* written stories before, right?

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Oh thank you Cams!! I have written a fair amount of first-person stories, both for my blog and the stage. (I've performed in a few oral storytelling shows.) I've never written a fictional story though. Something about it inspires me with so much awe that I get scared to even attempt. Very jealous of those (like Sherman above!) who've mastered the short story form.

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I think that writing a short story would be to step through a portal on the other side of which the real world has taken on just a little more reality than usual, a la DaliтАж

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You just made me think of 1Q84 by Haruki Marakami, which I just happen to be rereading right now. That book has got me thinking about writing stories too.

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Ah, I havenтАЩt read Marakami, except I think one short story. Maybe that would be a good book to start with? I hope you do write some stories!

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He's an amazing writer. My first one was The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, so that might be as good a starter as any. 1Q84 is a banger, but it's super long. Kafka on the Shore is maybe my favourite. I've read that one three times and, honestly, I'm sure I'll read it again.

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Thank you so much for this!

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I love that metaphor so much, David! And Cams, you're inspiring me to read IQ84... I actually have the hardcover somewhere, purchased at a bookstore in San Francisco. The first few pages really drew me in. Then life got in the way somehow and I never finished.

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Life likes to do that!

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