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Ha! Love this twist!

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This is awesome! I genuinely thought the Chesters might be ok because of all the food they had prepared...

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This is so you.

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Haha. I like this story a lot.

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I can tell! It shines through.

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Fantastic imagery! The evil Santa trope is always fun!!

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Absolutely great! Loved it! Held the suspense with awesome descriptions.

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So good!

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Thank you Rosie!

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Oh that's so clever &so horrid &scary. Brilliant.

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Oh wow... horrible but wonderful. You might appreciate "The Stupidest Angel," by Christopher Moore, a funny take on the Christmas zombie theme. I re-read it every year! 😂

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I might look for that one!

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"Happy Chrismassacre." Haha! That's brilliant. And this story is brilliant, too... 😎👍

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Thank you Chris!

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Awesome, I loved this, very vivid imagery and sense of tension and forboding throughout which builds to a satisfying (depending on who you're routing for) ending! Particularly liked the descriptions of the reindeer-monsters. Technical question, what program did you use for the audio? It was pretty flawless.

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Thank you CJ! I'm not sure what you mean by audio, there's no audio in the post.

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I listened to it in the car, on my way home from Jiujitsu tonight - happy days, maybe the audio is something that Substack does automatically? I just hit the play button on the top right hand corner of your post, and rock-and-roll.

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That is a Substack (AI I guess) voiceover but holy hell it actually sound pretty good 😂 I never tried to use it. That's cool.

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Yeah it was pretty flawless, I prefer obviously to read all I can on here, but sometimes its hard to find the time - the audio really helps, and like I said, it really didn't deplete my experience. Good job!

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I actually plan to have voiceovers in my flash fiction pieces next year. Proper ones so busy people can listen to the stories easily 😁

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Excellent - I'm starting a novel project next year, so will also be experimenting with audio going forward, i think it can really help with engagement.

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What a great idea for a story. Really cool imagery, turning the familiar into the sinister. Wonderful stuff.

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Yeah I love to play with the familiar imagery haha. Wait for the next weeks story. That's also a lot of fun :)

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Hahaha I love this!!!

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❤️ thank you!

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thats great... YOU are the christmas dinner!

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Exactly!

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