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Parker McCoy's avatar

I love the stream-of-consciousness style here and I think keeping all the text together works perfectly. And I can't get the image of the ring in the fish's mouth out of my head. Great story, Keith.

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Keith Long's avatar

Thanks very much! I also tend to start stories with one specific image in my head haha for this one it was definitely the fish with the ring, though the idea for the recurring fish catch has been bouncing around for a bit now

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Nick Winney's avatar

this is absolutely bat shit crazy! a non stop read! where did you get that idea from... one eyed whisky fish? fucking hell man 😆😆😆

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Keith Long's avatar

Haha! Yeah it’s probably the weirdest thing I’ve written to date!

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William Pauley III's avatar

I can visualise him smiling with all that raw fish stuck between his teeth! Really loving the weirdness radiating here, Keith. 🤘

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Keith Long's avatar

Funny you should say that! I was I think channeling you! I’ve been listening through your books and so weirdness was on my mind haha

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William Pauley III's avatar

Hell yeah! I love that! This was such a fun, unique story. To think I played a small role in it existing is really cool. 🍻

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Garen Marie's avatar

What was in the truck??

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Keith Long's avatar

Do you really wanna know what I pictured ??

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Garen Marie's avatar

Oh yeah. Morbid curiosity.

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Keith Long's avatar

I imagined him converting the bed of the truck into a fish tank for himself. Possibly to fill with whiskey. Lol

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Garen Marie's avatar

Glub glub! 🐟🥃

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Jeannine's avatar

I was wondering the same thing!

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Will Boucher's avatar

this is fuckin' cool. not sure if I would be totally freaked out or weirdly interested if this dude came up to me at a bar

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Keith Long's avatar

When I worked in a rehab, I had a few encounters with this level of energy and they are very awkward in the moment but man — total blast to look back on lol

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Will Boucher's avatar

Oh I bet. I work in a crisis call center, I get a lot of this energy but I'm not sitting at a bar with the voice lol so it's a bit watered down

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Jennifer James's avatar

I'm so glad he didn't stay to find out what was in the back of the truck.

Crazy and creepy. I loved it.

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Keith Long's avatar

Thank you!! I don’t think I would’ve either lol

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EJ Trask's avatar

damn keith this is great. I love this character’s voice, and the story is so fucked. I love it.

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Keith Long's avatar

I was reading copious amounts of W.P.III and was feeling weird haha

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