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That was what dropped into my head first, and the rest of the story built out from there... ;-)

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Jul 23, 2023Liked by Michael Marshall Smith

Excellent work.

:-)

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Jul 23, 2023Liked by Michael Marshall Smith

Reminds me of a night on Sam Smiths Tadcaster Ale, followed by an unwise doner kebab decision.

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Ha ;-)

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Jul 23, 2023Liked by Michael Marshall Smith

Good sh1t!👍

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I see what you did there.

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Jul 23, 2023Liked by Michael Marshall Smith

Loved it. Also, set in my city on my boat!

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It's a fun boat :)

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It is. The management company that was supposed to operate and fix it didn't, and it's had some downtime while they figured out what to do with it, but the City and Port took it over and recently reopened it for tours. Hopefully it's coming back to full strength soon.

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Jul 23, 2023Liked by Michael Marshall Smith

Thank you. Really enjoyed it.

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Excellent :-)

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Jul 23, 2023Liked by Michael Marshall Smith

Coprathanatophobia! !!

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That's a weird and beautiful word.

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Totally necrofaeco!

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Jul 24, 2023Liked by Michael Marshall Smith

I wish my grandsons were little again so that I could read them this story. I would have been awarded many Granny points.

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Ha :-)

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Jul 24, 2023Liked by Michael Marshall Smith

Brilliant. Loved it. Fantastic ending.

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Excellent - thank you! And how the devil are you, by the way?

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I'm really well, Mike. It's been way too long.

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Very helpful ekhm with the iron-supplementation-related constipation 🙂🙂🙂

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