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The New Great AF novel thread.
November 12, 2019 at 2:54 pm
It’s been a while since I e did one of these.
I’ll start with a line and then someone else puts in the next line.
Let’s see if the theory about chimps and typewriters producing a great novel is possible...
I woke at the stroke of dawn. I wish she wouldn’t keep doing that.
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RE: The New Great AF novel thread.
November 12, 2019 at 3:05 pm
Given my medical oath, I had to help Dawn with her stroke...
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RE: The New Great AF novel thread.
November 12, 2019 at 3:10 pm
She was not reaching par, so help was obviously needed.
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RE: The New Great AF novel thread.
November 12, 2019 at 3:20 pm
In order to help, Par inched a little closer.
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RE: The New Great AF novel thread.
November 12, 2019 at 4:38 pm
My outstretched fingers brushed Par's rough fur, dappled with the fresh morning light streaming from behind the yellowing lace curtains.
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RE: The New Great AF novel thread.
November 12, 2019 at 5:01 pm
I couldn't help but wonder if Par was going to once again forget to make his long-promised appointment at Missy Kim's House Of Body Hair Removal.
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RE: The New Great AF novel thread.
November 12, 2019 at 5:15 pm
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I knew what she would say when we'd finally get there. "Quel Par venu". Gah, french dad jokes. I hated her. Her french dad jokes were to the point though.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: The New Great AF novel thread.
November 12, 2019 at 6:41 pm
I was determined to buy her a French-English dictionary, cost be damned.
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RE: The New Great AF novel thread.
November 12, 2019 at 7:37 pm
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These thoughts were running through my head as I headed down the musty corridor on the third floor of that old brownstone two streets down from St. Sulpice where we had first met.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
