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Nov 9, 2022Liked by Chris Dangerfield

Dange, you're very bloody good at this.

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Nov 9, 2022Liked by Chris Dangerfield

Did he do it or not ?

Is there a part 3 ?

Do I have to tune in again next week?

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Nov 9, 2022Liked by Chris Dangerfield

After the initial dark dark set up the story flows and sets up many thought provoking twists and turns..

Great Chris.

Well worth the time spent.

Ian.

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Nov 9, 2022Liked by Chris Dangerfield

Awesome. So this it what you've been up to then. I think a 6 hour midterm live-stream would have been a lot darker. Glad you opted for this. At least it has a slightly happier ending!

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Daaaaaamn! What a c*unt of a woman! I want to be really surprised that a bird would do something like that... but unfortunately, I'm not surprised at all. I've known so many of these types of fucking evil witches - I feel bad that I was calling for his balls to be removed yesterday... poor bastard - though... if he's shacked up with a skank like that I can really only blame him - and feel sorry for him at the same time. Well, I hope he sorted his head out and ran as far away from her as possible and now living a relatively happy life? Poor fucker.

Bitches like that... grrrrrr

Well, thanks for at least putting my mind at ease about those kids not being used as sex dolls, anyway...

What a cu*t of a woman.

Another great ditty, Danger! Big love, sir!

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A darkly alluring tale which has us clamouring for Part 3.

Please make it so, Mr. Dangerfield.

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Nov 10, 2022Liked by Chris Dangerfield

MANDOM!

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Nov 9, 2022Liked by Chris Dangerfield

The plot twist is ace. I’ve been deceived by junkies and boy, can they spin a believable yarn.

My mate Duggie the Glaswegian was needing some work. I took him on for a refurb I was doing in London. He was always really late but he’d work late and we’d get stuff done.

Because the buses were so unreliable-according to Dug I lent him my bike- which got nicked the very next day.

Years later he confessed to me as I drove him from rehab in Weston-Super-Mare to Glasgow in my van so he could take his place at the Glasgow school of fine art.

Here was me, grafting, wearing myself out and my junkie bastard mate gets money thrown at him and a place at a top art school in his 40’s…all for free.

I’ll drop him an email, see if he’s still alive. We had a ball in the late 90’s in London.

Love your story Chris. The photo of you in the suit is cool. Looks like a charity shop number though. Surely it’s not bespoke stop you is it?

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Nov 9, 2022Liked by Chris Dangerfield

Just when you thought it was really dark outside, a thick cloud cover rolls in to blot out the moon.

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Nov 16, 2022Liked by Chris Dangerfield

Saw that doc with Charles Bronson that dude is a skull cracker. I bet Frederick used a hammer. You Brit’s love to use fing hammers it’s absolutely brutal. What wrong with a switch from a maple tree? Well done son entertaining as always.

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awkward is how I feel and your violin concerto is helping, I will listen to the last few minutes in peace. Are you like a nuisance writer? Making me feel squirmy o7

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two words: fucking great ending.

you have this short story lark down well. It's great how the second part turns the first part on its head. Well done

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Nov 12, 2022Liked by Chris Dangerfield

Nice lady.

An alarming conclusion to this tale. Another great but emotional read. It's interesting to at least witness that kind of vicious deception. One forgets to what degree people can and will lie, even when they know it'll be ruinous.

Yikes.

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Nov 11, 2022Liked by Chris Dangerfield

I feel positively tricked! So enjoyable reading your work though (however dark it gets)! Just need this novel, or a hilariously narrated audio book! The book needs to be released. Its the right thing to do.

Brilliant as ever.

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Excellent (as usual) Chris. This is one of those stories that once read, has the reader stare at the wall for a while contemplating it's meaning to both the reader and the narrator and promotes a second reading to 'see if I missed something'

Your great skill is in the seamless descriptive transitions of the dual life of the addict trying to navigate through the chaos of their life, while remaining focused intently on the primal demands of the body for medication. It's like two people inhabiting the same body each with their own priorities. Spinning plates. It's commonly done but rarely described and expressed so well.

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Nov 10, 2022Liked by Chris Dangerfield

At the end of part one I was thinking 'G'waan Freddy!', by the end of part two, all I can think is 'BITCH!' Exceptional writing as always, Chris, I particularly loved the lines: 'These kids weren’t just scared, they were collateral damage made human, made child. Made maydes not herd and then some.'

Beautiful.

I recently finished writing a short story of my own and, after reading and editing it and re-reading it again, I was pretty pleased with it. Then I read this and realised what an absolute amateur I am. I can't wait for your book!

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