“Anytime you need help, you call for me, and I solve the problem.” A Halloween short story of nine thousand words. Contains hallucinations, blood, and crude language.
I hope I'm not breaking some unspoken substack rule by creating an account just to leave comments (hi this is mun) but I need to say this line "it’s like each part of her makes her more beautiful than she already is." was breathtaking. like, literally took my breath away because YEAH. the way you described her around freya was... YEAH. yeah. exactly. yeah. this was gorgeous.
supersupersuper✂ of my original messy notes but U're just an amazing technical writer I had 2 comment SOMETHING so:
1. obviously amazing story I'm only mad I didn't read on halloween as intended
2. such a special writer's voice if I say more I'll have to say it all but I can just tell U work soo hard
3. I go back a lot when reading but U do psych so well even at the intense parts when I was speeding missing every other word I couldn't slow down cos of how vivid and real it felt. where I'd usually regret doing that it really added to the experience here. like I love fiction but it's the one mode of art I struggle to immerse myself in most times cos of it's inherent nature. but this.......!
4. character writing is delicious especially for a short story. even the minors felt on par with the mains, didn't feel like split second caricatures at all
5. hakan would listen to songs like jessi who dat b
haven't read many stories this year but even if I read 100 I know this would've still ended up one of my favorites of the year~
I really enjoyed thiiisss. Poor Esen i hope she can find peace and love in her adulthood... but otoh Hakan in his sequins and furs and silver hair is kinda rad.
I hope I'm not breaking some unspoken substack rule by creating an account just to leave comments (hi this is mun) but I need to say this line "it’s like each part of her makes her more beautiful than she already is." was breathtaking. like, literally took my breath away because YEAH. the way you described her around freya was... YEAH. yeah. exactly. yeah. this was gorgeous.
supersupersuper✂ of my original messy notes but U're just an amazing technical writer I had 2 comment SOMETHING so:
1. obviously amazing story I'm only mad I didn't read on halloween as intended
2. such a special writer's voice if I say more I'll have to say it all but I can just tell U work soo hard
3. I go back a lot when reading but U do psych so well even at the intense parts when I was speeding missing every other word I couldn't slow down cos of how vivid and real it felt. where I'd usually regret doing that it really added to the experience here. like I love fiction but it's the one mode of art I struggle to immerse myself in most times cos of it's inherent nature. but this.......!
4. character writing is delicious especially for a short story. even the minors felt on par with the mains, didn't feel like split second caricatures at all
5. hakan would listen to songs like jessi who dat b
haven't read many stories this year but even if I read 100 I know this would've still ended up one of my favorites of the year~
I really enjoyed thiiisss. Poor Esen i hope she can find peace and love in her adulthood... but otoh Hakan in his sequins and furs and silver hair is kinda rad.
the horror of being (perceived as) a teenage girl. so true bestie
Spinoff where Esen and Hakan switch places with a magical girl-esque transformation sequence when