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Thaddeus Thomas's avatar

I tried to respond earlier and I think it ignored me. This is far too good to be prompt work. I love it.

M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

Damn, thank you Thadd. I used to write on r/nosleep under a shared pen name with a partner, and dreams/paralytic sleep is something I am unfortunately educated on, so this sort of thing is natural for me.

Emil Ottoman's avatar

I am nauseated and I do not know why, great job.

M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

Oh shit! Thank you, and sorry! Dream lightly

Emil Ottoman's avatar

I got my feet on the ground and I don’t go to sleep to dream.

M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

Got your head in the clouds? Not at all what you seem?

Emil Ottoman's avatar

Let’s not go that far. I’m pretty well what I seem on sight.

Nick Winney's avatar

yes yes YES

the disturbing creatures scavenging the vestiges of your sanity in exchange for a night of sleep.

the abyssal eyes billowing smoke... thats magnificent.

Loved it!. need to read this again and a few times... but right now the punk is back on stage!

M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

Thank you, good sir! I’m glad you enjoyed the imagery.

Have fun at the show!

Edith Bow's avatar

I thought I was in some lovecraftian wormhole. Loved it.

M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

Yay! I’m glad you do, I wrote this in a “secret” library overlooking the Puget Sound. Thank you for hosting these workshops, it’s a blast and I appreciate the time and energy you put behind them!

Tom Schecter's avatar

Oh shit here we go

M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

For what’s essentially a first draft, I’m pretty happy with it, detritus and all.

Tom Schecter's avatar

As you should be. And I do so enjoy any opportunity to use or read the word Consigliere

M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

You can thank Zani for that one. Shit’s haunted.

Tom Schecter's avatar

Of course I can

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Jun 7, 2025
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M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

Thank you! I did not think this would hit people so viscerally.

I have wanted just that my whole life, dreams a gift as much as they are a burden

Had I put this through at least a round of editing the journals might’ve made their way to the top to establish sense of person/place, but this is how my mind went through it.

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Jun 7, 2025
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M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

That’s fair— sometimes raw hits, I sometimes forget this (or I could be more confident in my writing).