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MA Knight's avatar

😮

Pablo Báez's avatar

Hope that’s good and not a yawn lol

MA Knight's avatar

More like ooooooo ahhhhh. I’ll be anxiously awaiting the next one

Bobbi Lynn Dirty White Trash's avatar

This had me from the beginning. So much so I forgot to smoke my cig, and it turned to ash.

Pablo Báez's avatar

Damn, Im sorry cos those death-sticks are pricey but also that’s a great compliment and Im happy youre back with us. Thanks for reading ❤️

Bobbi Lynn Dirty White Trash's avatar

Don't be sorry. The time it took for the cig to burn to ash gave me a few more moments to shoo away death. As always you're fucking welcome. 💕

✧ brooklyn 𓆏's avatar

your words are like butter

and now Miguel's avatar

Had me at the beginning Pablo, nice. That sentence I quoted is ill. Great way of using the whole wind blows season change and impeding doom awaiting us all sort of thing. Very nice 👌🏽 this piece made me want to write. appreciate the inspiration!

Andrew Robert Colom's avatar

This is frighteningly alive.

You didn’t write a dystopia. You wrote a memory under martial law. The city is collapsing and remembering itself at the same time. That is the trick. The crepes, the succulents, the Audio-Technica, the perfume cutting breath. Those details are ballast. They make the sniper shot feel earned instead of cinematic.

The shifts between North Canal and the apartment show control. You trust the reader to keep up. By the time the humvee flips near Daley Plaza, we are inside a nervous system, not watching a movie.

The headphones still on while chaos detonates says everything. The last breath before the trigger lands because it is physiological, not spectacular.

Strong work.

QuYahni B Joseph's avatar

Oooo bae-bae — that was good — am I catching this in the middle?!

Pablo Báez's avatar

No this is the start, but tbh I dont think I’ll make it a serial. I want to publish it as a novel

troy adkins's avatar

the quiet foreboding here is visceral. excited to see where this goes.

Jean Shorts 3's avatar

Too fucking good man, I’m not sharing anything from beyond the turn cos it arrives too nicely on its own. Great piece dude

Stephanie Sweeney's avatar

Really pulled in by this. And I loved "sundrowned apartment"

Logan the Lobotomizer's avatar

This is the stuff that should be popular. Not WBE’s crap.

Con/Jur/d's avatar

Excellent

Pablo Báez's avatar

Thanks for looking out!

sadandslutty⭐️'s avatar

This is insanely good omg the imagery is brilliant I was so drawn in from the start. “Head turns to a splattered maraschino cherry pie. His body drops like an overripe mango.” omg

Pablo Báez's avatar

I appreciate you taking the time to read and comment! I would like this to be a novel, so seeing the interest is encouraging.