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Parker McCoy's avatar

The mule is more valuable than people know. It must be something horrible to have everyone around staring at you and picturing your own ending. I think he was right to pray. Maybe it helped and maybe it didn't, but it was a good thing. Awesome story, Samara.

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Samara's avatar

I adore the mule. thankyou for reading, Parker, and for feeling for the cook! I’m glad he made it too

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RM Greta's avatar

Ahhh love this. Can't blame that scribe for trying to secure his place I guess.

Wonderful vignette.

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Samara's avatar

it didn’t turn out well for the scribe, I’m sorry to report… more to come.

thank you for reading as always :)

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Alex Jenkin's avatar

What an epic piece.. I loved the tension and the depth of characters that were presented in such a short moment.

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Samara's avatar

thank you so much for reading! i'm glad the depth of the characters could be felt - hard to know how tidbits of a much longer novel will land without the surrounding context, so it's good to hear that there was some whisper of a wider world.

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Not a Real Girl's avatar

So immersive I love this I love

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Samara's avatar

thank you so much for reading <3

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Waving From A Distance's avatar

Another fabulous post!

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Samara's avatar

thank you so so much!

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Elaine elfEars's avatar

Lovely, vivid prose! The comfortable codeswitching between the two languages transported me back to Rudy Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima.

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Samara's avatar

thank you so much, Frances! Rudy Anaya definitely has an incredible ease between languages and also between the 'ordinary' and the supernatural

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Elaine elfEars's avatar

Some of us have lived our lives that way, switching between languages and "realities", and thus love to see it in print.

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Samara's avatar

exactly! same same

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Elaine elfEars's avatar

No wonder you are friendly toward my writing. 😊💜

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Samara's avatar

muy simpatica :)

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Poetry Kitt's avatar

Wonderful !! It reminds me a bit of Paul Bowles' work.

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Samara's avatar

wow thank you! I love his writing!

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Elaine elfEars's avatar

Who is the author, Samara?

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Samara's avatar

me! (I meant I love Paul Bowles' work)

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Elaine elfEars's avatar

Yeah, 🤣🤣🤣 Maybe I should start drinking coffee again...O.M.G!!! Well, I love YOUR writing!

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Samara's avatar

ha!! no actually my comment was vaguely-phrased (shame on me) and I was grateful for you giving me the opportunity to clarify that I did indeed write this :) :)

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Moe Writeous's avatar

Amazingly done!

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Samara's avatar

thank you, Moe :)

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