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Haha that's such a great ending and I definitely did not see that coming!

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Really glad you enjoyed it! Wrote this on a bit of a lark so glad I could get some payoff!

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Excellent story, did not see that ending coming.

I saw your Note with the prompt but was in the middle of writing at the time. I will take you up on the offer to write my own take on the prompt, it's a great one.

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Would love to see where you take it!

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I know you, Scoot, have already seen my take on your prompt but in the interests of digital archaeologists of the dim-and-distant future I will link it here too: https://reddoscarwrites.substack.com/p/death-on-the-driveway

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Okay wow what an ending!! I like that he was so unconcerned about the whole thing and just shrugged his shoulders and started digging. I don't think I would be anywhere near that calm if something like this happened to me!

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To be perfectly honest, I got all the way to being waist deep in the grave and I hadn't figured out how to end this story effectively. I'm really happy you enjoyed it! You should write your take on this prompt! Even if the only response was to scream and run away haha!

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When I read the prompt I was immediately stuck with how to proceed at all, so I'm just impressed that you pushed through and came up with something good!

I do still need to write a story for this week....

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From what I heard, Gerin had it coming.

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Yeah, thats what he gets for unlocking the singularity!

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Has a little bit of an iRobot flavor to it and I LOVE IT. Well done! So glad Throwback Thursday has brought these stories back to the surface.

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It's been a fun way to recycle stories! Thank you for reading!

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Good one, Scoot. Need a sequel ... haha

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Thank you, Cork! I can be convinced! It's in the idea pot so we'll see how it all tastes once it's simmered for a while haha!

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