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Jeff's avatar

Nicely done. And it does tie the fire into the story.

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Yvonne V's avatar

Great ending!

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Jacqui's avatar

Nice ending!

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Natalie Aguirre's avatar

I really enjoyed the ending. I wasn't expecting it at all.

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C. Lee McKenzie's avatar

Thanks, Natalie.

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Alex J. Cavanaugh's avatar

Great review for your book!

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Loni Townsend's avatar

I love getting your stories in my email, Lee. It's always a fun little gift to open up.

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C. Lee McKenzie's avatar

Thanks, Loni. Always nice to stay in touch with writers like you.

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Damyanti Biswas's avatar

Such an incredible story! You wrapped it up so well.

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Sandra Cox's avatar

No matter what genre you write in, it's always a well-told tale.

Sandra

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JQ Rose's avatar

Oh dear, the end? I must get back to your substack and catch up before I read #7. Congratulations. Nice review. Best wishes with the book!

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C. Lee McKenzie's avatar

This one was a bit longer than most of the short fiction. I like to keep my pieces on Substack brief.

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A.C. Cargill, All-Human Author's avatar

Great twist! You had me fooled. I read a lot, so that doesn't happen often. Wow!

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C. Lee McKenzie's avatar

Thanks for sticking with this one to the end.

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Sue Goldberg's avatar

I loved it. And am still thinking about fire revealing those frozen hearts and the damage that one woman's fall from sanity can do...

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C. Lee McKenzie's avatar

I tried to get a bit of sympathy for Mrs. Kent, but even I couldn't buy her loss as justification for what she did. Thanks for reading.

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Crystal Collier's avatar

Yikes! Now that's a story. Whew! Makes me happy to be living in my own little corner of reality, safe from psychopaths. LOL.

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C. Lee McKenzie's avatar

Keep an eye out, Crystal. They're everywhere. :-)

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Olga Godim's avatar

Great ending!

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C. Lee McKenzie's avatar

Thanks, Olga!

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Sonia Dogra's avatar

Chilling. It was a great series, Lee. I enjoyed reading all parts.

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C. Lee McKenzie's avatar

Thanks,Sonia. It’s always encouraging to have regular readers like you.

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