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Tom Pendergast's avatar

Dang man, this is good! It feels like a slice out of something bigger. Is there more?

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Thanks, Tom! It's funny you mention that because I said to my wife after I finished this was the first short story I've written where I thought I could turn this into a novel. I'm keeping it in my back pocket for next year 😁

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Tom Pendergast's avatar

you can definitely feel the presence of a deeper story in there. But watch out: a novel asks a lot more of you, as I’m finding out.

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Yup, I definitely know I'm not ready. I would want to commit to it, and it's just not something I have the energy for at the moment. So for now I'm living through your serialized novel!

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Tom Pendergast's avatar

I’ll write about what it feels like to write a novel at some point. I’ve written six non-fiction books, so it’s not like I don’t know how long it takes to write a book. But fiction takes over a different part of your brain and asks totally different things of you. It’s pretty wild/

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

I would love an article like that to get a sense for how you've been working through it. That would be very helpful.

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𝕵𝖆𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖑𝖆𝖛 𝕹𝖔𝖛𝖔𝖘𝖞𝖔𝖑𝖔𝖛's avatar

Wow, that is a very impressive work, Tom! Have you published them?

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Tom Pendergast's avatar

Well, not impressive yet! I’m serializing now on my Substack, then will revise and submit for conventional publication.

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Njakins's avatar

Wow! Anything is achievable through the power of your mind magic does happen when you make that leap of faith. Good read Brian!

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Thanks Njakins! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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𝕵𝖆𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖑𝖆𝖛 𝕹𝖔𝖛𝖔𝖘𝖞𝖔𝖑𝖔𝖛's avatar

So amazing to see you keep going! :)

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Thank you! And thank you for reading 😁

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Bill Adler's avatar

Stories with Ferris wheels in them are magical and Future Thief is extra magical. I enjoyed it a lot.

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Thank you, Bill! I love stories with carnivals, the circus, fairs, boardwalks, etc. There is just something about it all that is magical to me. There will definitely be more of those in my future writing 😁

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Bill Adler's avatar

I want to live in a story about carnivals. Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite writers and your story reminds me of his.

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

I'm right there with you!

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J. C. Paschal's avatar

Brian

Great story.

J. C.

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Thank you 😁

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