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Jean Marie Bauhaus's avatar

I was horrified and then I giggled a bit even as I grew more horrified.

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Daniel O’Donnell's avatar

Thanks very much Jean Marie. That was the plan 🙏😁

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Rea de Miranda's avatar

I'm so happy I found you here, Daniel. This made me laugh!

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Daniel O’Donnell's avatar

Thanks very much Rea 🙏

Yeah, I think there is a lot of similarities between comedy and horror, so I’m glad you enjoyed this one 😁

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Rostislava Pankova-Karadjova's avatar

Horror sci-fi movies are made of this… I enjoyed it!

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Daniel O’Donnell's avatar

Thanks very much Rostislava. I had a lot of fun writing it 🙏😁

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Nathan Slake's avatar

Sweet meats!! Oh man, absolute horror! Great story, Dan. Could 100% see it in my mind and I wanted to run away from the horror of the visuals 😬😆! There's something especially creepy about slugs/leeches and they squidgy and slow form.

I could see this being sketched out by Junji Ito!

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Daniel O’Donnell's avatar

Thanks very much Nathan 🙏

Yeah, I wanted to just go for it and write a little slice of gruesome horror as hadn’t done it for a while. Sweet meats is still my favourite line 😁

Junji Ito was a new name to me and his work looks fascinating. The first thing I thought when I looked at some of the illustrations was how much it resembled Clive Barker’s drawings with that combination of beauty and horror. Really interesting

Hope everything is going well with you 👍🏼

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Nathan Slake's avatar

And PS yeah all ok thanks Dan. I'm just in a weird rut at the moment. Too much work and things going on and struggling to find creativity. 😞

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Daniel O’Donnell's avatar

Sorry to hear that Nathan. I know it’s easy to say, but just try not to worry about it. Get all the work stuff sorted out and then, when you’re ready, get back to the writing. Better that than trying to force it and cause yourself more stress and not be happy with your writing. Whatever you write is always incredible and I can’t wait to read it, but only once you’re ready 👍🏼

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Nathan Slake's avatar

Thanks Dan, means a lot. 🤗

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Nathan Slake's avatar

Definitely check out some Junji manga. Huge, huge recommendation for Uzumaki (the first few stories there are incredible) and the one this: https://imgur.com/gallery/comic-dump-junji-ito-enigma-of-amigara-fault-AjfDC&ved=2ahUKEwjD08iIz_qMAxXNhlYBHQcsNiYQFnoECAoQAQ&sqi=2&usg=AOvVaw3X4xMlgCEgdBLRJEvRuASv

I can't remember which collection that one is in, but it's peak Junji!

His stories sometimes lack a strong narrative, but the actual horror elements and illustrations are superb.

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Hanna Delaney's avatar

Yikes. Sweet meats 😭 Killing me.

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Daniel O’Donnell's avatar

Yeah, I winced when I wrote that line 😁

Thanks Hanna 🙏

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Parker McCoy's avatar

Ouch. That's going to be horrible when it gets to the sweet meats. Not the sweet meats! Great story, Daniel.

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Daniel O’Donnell's avatar

Thanks very much Parker 😁🙏

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Jessica Maison's avatar

Oh my! No, no, no!

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Daniel O’Donnell's avatar

Sorry Jessica 😁

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