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George David Marks's avatar

Nice n scary. Too bad I read it right before bedtime at 2 am... now I'll have to watch some stand up on YouTube first. :)

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Scott Roche - he/him's avatar

Perfect! Just the reaction i want.

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Scott Nolin's avatar

Purely accidental, then. Red ball came bouncing down the stairs in the movie, Family Plot (1976)...with no apparent origin. The timely, sudden music caused the same chilling affect.

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Scott Roche - he/him's avatar

Ah, yes. Perhaps that image became something of a trope as I’ve seen similar imagery in more recent horror movies.

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Meg Smythe's avatar

Chills!! Riveting!!

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Scott Roche - he/him's avatar

Thanks, Meg!

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Sandy Mariaskin's avatar

Nice work. Tightly written and kept me wanting to know "then what happened?"

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Scott Roche - he/him's avatar

Thank you!

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Scott Nolin's avatar

I liked the Hitchcock references

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Scott Roche - he/him's avatar

Hitchcock reference?

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Scott Nolin's avatar

Chills and I ain't lyin'.

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Scott Roche - he/him's avatar

Are they multuplyin’?

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Wirrowac's avatar

Pretty thrilling stuff, thanks

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Scott Roche - he/him's avatar

Glad you enjoyed it!

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Scott Roche - he/him's avatar

Thanks!

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