?Ordered the original edition print of Four Past Midnight in 'good' condition, it showed up covered in dog shit and a musty smell that reminded me severely of age-soaked-urine.

Sent it back and got this edition instead. Still not great but it'll do, atleast the pages separate easily and theres no remnants of undigested corn in the creases. I likely wont keep the book anyway. I mostly wanted to read Secret Window. It was supposed to be my #Halloween read this year.

Im excited about exploring different short stories as i endeavour to write my own. Thus far im almost finished with my first draft and i've found the competition im submitting it to as well. The tricky part is ... sitting down long enough to find out how bad at writing i am. Ha. ? ?

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