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Jon T's avatar

I will also say that the voice in this is so captivating. i want to hang out with this guy and get him to narrate the obituaries. All the language just feels exactly right. Loved all the parentheticals and quips too. Always enjoy reading your work so much.

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Will Boucher's avatar

Thanks Jon! It took me a while to feel like the voice was right, it was a tricky one to nail down, glad you enjoyed it my friend

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daisy cashin's avatar

Those damn rat bastards. Loved the voice of this one.

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Will Boucher's avatar

Thanks Daisy!

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molly's avatar

BEST ENDING EVER. Every individual sentence I read in your stories makes me robotically clap my hands like a monkey-with-cymbals toy.

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Will Boucher's avatar

Thanks!! lol love you’re staying on brand with the monkey imagery.

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Sudana Krasniqi's avatar

The dialogue and the narrators voice here is some of my favorite I have read in quite a while, Will.

Enjoyed the shit outta this one.

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Will Boucher's avatar

Thanks so much Sudana! It was a fun voice to figure out

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Mari's avatar

So good! Love the narrator. average caregiver experience lol

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Will Boucher's avatar

Haha, thanks! I work with a lot of caregivers so I've heard some stories that helped inform this one haha

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murphy gray's avatar

The whole story I was thinking that maybe Ms. T is an ex-student of Ishmael and she never understood his teachings and this was her punishment. Great story. New sub

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Will Boucher's avatar

Thanks Murphy! Oh right, I forgot about Ishmael. That would have been a nice twist!

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NJ Fiction's avatar

I’d buy anything you sold with writing like that! Bless that precious brain of yours! 10 stars and one extra star because you know I love fucking profanity

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Will Boucher's avatar

haha thanks! There’s a healthy helping of bad words in this one. I’ll have to wash my mouth out with soap

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Jane Dougherty's avatar

Chilling.

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Will Boucher's avatar

Thanks Jane!

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petrichor's avatar

i loved this one. all cheered up, a little creeped out - good times all around

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Will Boucher's avatar

thanks so much !!

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Keith Long's avatar

So very good. And that ending, brilliant

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Will Boucher's avatar

Thanks so much Keith!!!

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A.P. Murphy's avatar

Excellent narrative voice Will, a vivid story of an everyday kind of horror. Really locked me in to the story, that first-person character

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Will Boucher's avatar

Thanks, Murph!

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Michael Edward's avatar

Well you definitely got me with that opening line! :)

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Will Boucher's avatar

Haha! I think it’s my favorite opening line I ever wrote

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Logan Heron's avatar

This was wild, Will. Wild.

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ARC's avatar

Cool short story!

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Will Boucher's avatar

Thanks Andrew!

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