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Dwayne from Cincinnati, Ohio (suburbs) is reading books that rotate to often to keep this updated April 11, 2013 - 9:32pm

Jon, you could just have the daughter and mother get sick of him and leave, say he isn't any fun. Much less expected, and really makes him seem sad in a way that death doesn't.

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Michael.Eric.Snyder April 11, 2013 - 10:06pm

Technically it's sloths, but I wasn't sure. I had to look it up. However, I decided amidst the looking-up-of-the-word-process that my personal preference would have been slothi. 

Frank, I voted for Jonathan but I super enjoyed the originality in your piece and it captured my imagination. I feel like you cracked open a fissure into something pretty cool. Like visiting the local public pool and discovering the third end. There's the deep end, the shallow end, and only you can see that third end, but just what is it exactly? And is it a safe dive?

Only one way to find out. 

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Frank Chapel from California is reading Thomas Ligotti's works April 11, 2013 - 11:18pm

Thanks Michael, and Courtney. I read my story again today and noticed all the blunders. I will polish it up in the near future, add a bit more character depth, and see about what else might need improving. Worshop it maybe.

This was my first Thunderdome battle and it was great to be apart of it. 

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Michael.Eric.Snyder April 11, 2013 - 11:27pm

You've balls I don't.
You don't see me challenging for fights, that at least for me, I'm likely to publicly lose. 
Never say never though.

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Dwayne from Cincinnati, Ohio (suburbs) is reading books that rotate to often to keep this updated April 14, 2013 - 9:43am

Shouldn't this be closed?

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland April 14, 2013 - 12:22pm

@dwayne if by closed you mean noone else can vote on the poll, it has been closed since thursday around 7:00. If you mean something else i,m not sure what. people can still comment, i dont see any reason to close that even if I could. Also, I took the documents down thursday. not sure what else you want me to close.

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Dwayne from Cincinnati, Ohio (suburbs) is reading books that rotate to often to keep this updated April 14, 2013 - 2:43pm

I meant the poll. Most time the topic name is edited, and this one wasn't.

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Jonathan Riley from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland April 14, 2013 - 3:01pm

Got ya. I'll edit it. Thanks for letting me know.