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Just how I like my coffee: twisted, dark, and nasty. This was a baseball bat to the head.

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Baseball bat to the head was what I was going for!

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“Train your gaze outward”, the best advice for navel-gazers and nail-biting worriers alike. Some things are best unseen and unknown. Great story!

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Thanks Liz!

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“As the last drop turns to vapor, we’re given sight and realize we’ve seen nothing at all.” Daaaaaayum!!! So then you turn around with this gem?! Seriously Will! I swear I could physically hear Rod in the open/close. Masterpiece. (And +1 on Sam’s Town which is def my favorite Killers album.)

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Haha had to throw a shout out to Sam’s Town! That song just fits so perfectly

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will!!!

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c.s.!!!!!

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i loved it :)

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Oh man, this one freaked me right out. Nice work, Will!

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be careful when you look in the mirror today haha thanks Bob!

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Sam's town is one of my favourite albums. This was great, Will. Everything you write is great, so I am really sorry that I can't find any other words to say 😂

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It’s such a great album, re-listened the other day and tacked that song on haha

thanks for being such a regular reader, Hannah! I appreciate you 🙏

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Oof the anxiety felt in this one. Almost ruined songs for me. Nice work as always, Will!

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Haha oh no! I hope you and song will be okay

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Oh man, this was a punch to the gut that really got me thinking. You're officially responsible for today's existential crisis. 😅 HOWEVER that's exactly how all of the best TZ episodes leave me feeling, so job well done. 👏

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Thanks William! Such high praise coming from you my friend. You’re very welcome for the existential crisis, I like to think of this time of year as a crisis advent calendar: what will it be tomorrow? lol

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🤣🤣🤣

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That was awesome!

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Thanks so much 🙏

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so creative + a wise lesson, i love it

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thanks!!!

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As if breaking a mirror ever did anyone any good? What were you THINKING, Jenny??? Great story, Will! Nice tension and build-up and it moved at a great clip.

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I know, she got her bad luck in the end. Thanks for reading!

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spellbinding as usual!

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thanks molly :)

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Screw you, Will! This one freaked me out. So good!

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haha! watch out for those mirrors!

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the torture of jenny felt so frantic and real and THE END! not a single punch was pulled. hats off to you.

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Thanks EJ!!!

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Yikes! Perfect.

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Thanks, Sean!

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Superb, Will. No surprise. Full of tension and that ending—man, it lands harder than that bat.

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Thanks Shane! This one was a bit different from what I normally write and it was so fun to tread some new territory

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