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Jared Lambert's avatar

This is so good that it makes me wish I could draw so I can make fan art that does it justice

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Honeygloom's avatar

The highest praise, seriously, thank you 🙏

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Artemis's avatar

Eerie and unsettling all the way through. I love the shifts from past to present and the way the story tied itself together at the end.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Thank you! 🙏

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Giordano Bruno's avatar

I read this tale before bedtime. I don't expect a nightmare, though. Why? Because there is a haze around what's happening. It blurs the outlines of people and the time and the rooms they are in. So the nightmare is in the text - where it belongs.

And one thing more that is important to me: this story bears being read again. I love that. Thank you. All the best.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

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Jennifer Morrow's avatar

So very creepy!

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Honeygloom's avatar

Thank you!!

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Keith Long's avatar

Excellent.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Thank you!!

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Reina Cruz's avatar

I had to keep reading to figure out what she was doing in that attic! Very creepy. What was in that hair serum???

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Honeygloom's avatar

Ha! Thanks 🙏 I’m glad you enjoyed it!

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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

Terrifying!! Delightfully gruesome. 🖤

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Honeygloom's avatar

Thank you! 🙏

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Shane Bzdok's avatar

And I thought split ends were bad...wowzer, what an ending. So gruesome!

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Honeygloom's avatar

Ha! Thank you!!

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Zivah Avraham's avatar

Heart meat. Oh, what a glorious way to describe it! 🫀

See, that’s what happens when you ignore instructions. And buy random things from innocent old ladies in the street.

Loved it!

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Honeygloom's avatar

I’m so glad you liked it!

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Zivah Avraham's avatar

I’m so glad I read it! 😊

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Liz Zimmers's avatar

Whoa! Loved this! It’s like a horrific Rapunzel…

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Honeygloom's avatar

😅Princes better watch out.

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C. Lee McKenzie's avatar

Wow! What's the worst that can happen when you buy a hair product? I think I just found out.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Ha! Luckily this is easily avoided 😂

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s.e. kallberg's avatar

Loved it!

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Honeygloom's avatar

Thank you!! 🙏

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B. Eldon Calder's avatar

Strobe-light panic attack fiction will be a Substack genre. This is exemplary.

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Saint-Lazare's avatar

Chilling 💀

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