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Hesitant to click like, sure didn't like it, not in any sense near to the word like. I have to remind myself it is fiction. This kind of realism is too heavy on my constellation. A lot of people seem to really 'enjoy' this though. Big admiration for the craft at the same time. What powerful imagery and style, Troy. I can't write like this without feeling every blow, I can hardly read it without being there, becoming that guy.

But enough about me, back to Lamb....more chapters ahead.

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As others have said, you make a brilliant switch to another voice here, Troy. I feel there's a lot of texture being added.

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Holy cow, I just caught up (I think this is the most recent?). Good stuff!! What a really interesting voice you’re developing for the narrator (probably your voice, I get it). I really like what you’re holding back, the sense of suspense that you’re developing. I’m hooked in, I wanna know what’s next. Great work Troy; I’m really enjoying it.

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Intense Lamb, lots of flavour, all the grizzle. Trippy to the last. Fear and Loathing sprang to mind reading those staccato lines of aborted thoughts. Great stuff, Troy.

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This does not disappoint, Troy! So poetic and powerful. I can see this as a filmic montage.

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Damn! Lamb's voice at last. And you've rendered it so well. I'm impressed.

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Wow, you really managed to convey so much chaos and intensity in so few words, I think my heartbeat increased considerably reading this. I vaguely remember reading about GG Allin, chaos and intensity indeed! I feel like every time I read Lamb I forget a) who is writing, and b) whether or not this is fiction, so 👏 bravo, my dear.

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Another great chapter, Troy.

I really enjoyed the noticeable difference between Lamb’s voice in his short story and his friend’s writing at the beginning of the piece. I think it takes real skill to write in different voices and you do it well. :)

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Wow! I love this! You did so good with Lamb's story. Well done!

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"What was birth but a flame blown into life, and death but that flame snuffed out." - If that's not the truth. What a piercing continuation!

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Jesus. This was chapter was a bare-knuckled brawl. You did an amazing job of dressing up in Lamb's voice. You can feel his posturing and trying so hard to be punk as he tells this story that he seems enamored by. Bravo, Troy. So good.

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Dec 15, 2023Liked by Mr. Troy Ford

Wow, Troy, amazing work on capturing that drug-fuelled night in Lamb's own story about GG (and an excellent framing of it by reading about the notes found among Lamb's papers).

A shift in style, a blazing craze of events that feels relentless and dizzying. 👏

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Wow, I felt the onslaught on the senses and really liked the story from Lamb's viewpoint!

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Well done on the "other" style for the inserted story!

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You killed me!

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