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Entry: Parallax - A47717607
Author: dmitrigheorgheni - U1590784

It goes without saying that this is for The Stretcher, this interminable screed.

'The devil made me do it' is an excuse we all now have in common. Thus my poor character, lost in literature, hapless and hopeless.

Can I stop now?

Very clever.

Extra Terrestrials, uh? It's the bells, Esmeralda.

Masterfully done! I was giggling all the way through this.

This is very clever! You have come up with an impressive selection of words with double letters.

However, I am left with the sense that I haven't fully understood. Perhaps that is the problem with your character. He's drunk too many beers, or is just getting too old.

One or two crits:
in the third sentence, it should be 'an extraneous logic was'.
I wasn't sure if I understood the sentence "Thought is, curse it, free: this need be no barrier"

An enjoyable story - and such a horde of double letter words.

You make it look easy

Thanks, guys.

MVP: Old age doth creep upon us, indeed, but I meant 'were', intending to use the subjunctive.

But if it causes the astute reader to stumble, I'm thinking it's either language change (old age again) or a transatlantic problem. So I changed it to 'had been', which preserves my sense of the subjunctive without, I hope, confusing anybody.

Thanks for pointing out that 'This need be no barrier' wasn't clear.

I have changed it to 'Death need be no barrier', which was what I meant to convey.

Good catches, both, thanks.

I didn't notice it was supposed to be a subjunctive. I know more about subjunctives in French than in English. But I think both sentences are clearer now.

What the others said: clever and enjoyable, and it does make the challenge look easy.

When I read this, I thought I should have a go myself, just for the fun of it. So, in a way, this inspired me.

Thanks, both.

Merry Anne, if one story inspires another, we're doing something right.

You are certainly doing something right, dmitri.

Ms GB

An EGE link for you, dmitri: A33827484

GB

and another: A3724823

Thank you, GB.

excellent. Much cleverness, much entertainingness.

Did notice two consec sentences starting 'There he' (hastened and placed) and was looking for a third strike of that bell.

Thanks, Waz. I went back and obeyed the rule of three.

What a lovely suggestion.

What fun! Really enjoyed this, and very impressed with the selection of double-lettered words.