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Zachary Dillon's avatar

Gorgeous sensory writing.

I sympathize! Are we not animals?

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NJ Fiction's avatar

This was awesome!!

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Hayley Stone's avatar

Great writing. The first paragraph especially really set the scene and let me know the protagonist wasn’t human.

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Sandolore Sykes's avatar

Thank you, Hayley!

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Keith Long's avatar

Loved this

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Camila Hamel's avatar

Brava! This is wonderful.

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Sandolore Sykes's avatar

Thank you, Camila! I really appreciate it... this story has a place in my heart little heart.

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Camila Hamel's avatar

Toutes mes félicitations ✨

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Sandolore Sykes's avatar

J’ai même peut être déjà traduit en français… c’est ta première langue?

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Camila Hamel's avatar

Non, ma troisième. Mais j'ai vu que peut-être c'est ta tienne, n'est-ce pas? Tellement la nouvelle m'a plu, je voulais te féliciter en français. ☺️

Et en fin, ça me rend un peu triste que dernièrement j'ai pas trop l'opportunité d'utiliser cette belle langue...

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Sandolore Sykes's avatar

3ème! Bravo! Non, je suis Américaine et je ne peut presque pas écrire dans cette jolie langue! (Ça se voire avec cette phrase moche la, ha!)

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Camila Hamel's avatar

Moi aussi je ss Américaine, de New York en fait, mais j'habite à Barcelone et Paris, et il y a quinze ans en Algérie, à Tizi-Ouzou. Long story...

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Andre Mazzo's avatar

Awesome stuff

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Sandolore Sykes's avatar

Thank you, Andre!

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wildflower's avatar

Very cool!!

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Adrienne Auryansen's avatar

captivating

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Sandolore Sykes's avatar

Glad it drew you in, Adrienne!

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Kim Hamblin's avatar

You def got the family writing gene!!! Excellent!!

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Sandolore Sykes's avatar

They didn't let me drink milk even as baby. It was ink and paper, since the very day I was born.

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Lisa Fransson's avatar

Really enjoyed reading this, following the trail of scents through the story 🤓

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Sandolore Sykes's avatar

That was definitely the path— I am glad you enjoyed it!

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Kara Westerman (she/her)'s avatar

WOW. Best thing I have read in a very long time. This is a little masterpiece. I understand every bit of it.

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Sandolore Sykes's avatar

Damn! I just love hearing that! This was the little piece that was tucked back in some crevice, getting no kinda notice, and I was like... I am trying again! It's one of my favorites, actually!

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Kara Westerman (she/her)'s avatar

It’s just beautiful. We had a cat like this, and he got to stay out all night. My late husband didn’t want Taz to have to be a house cat and he loved that he hunted at night. And god knows what else he got up to!

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Sandolore Sykes's avatar

Probably a whole world of senses we can't even imagine...

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