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Kathy Enriquez-Nguyen's avatar

LOL I love this so much!!

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Irshaad's avatar

Glad it sufficiently grossed you out. 🙏🏼

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Kathy Enriquez-Nguyen's avatar

Love that feeling haha

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Dr Asma Fischer's avatar

Graphic but gets the message through 😂😂😂😂😂

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Sheridan Cass's avatar

oh my gosh this was wild. body horror is the worst (and by worst I mean the best 😄), and the twist was just a cherry on top lol (pun? intended?).

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Irshaad's avatar

lol - I’m glad you liked it considering it was so over the top in grossness.

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Sheridan Cass's avatar

I’m usually not into grossness at all—but the combination of the short length and shot of adrenaline it gave me got me through 😀

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Murdered By Crows's avatar

Perhaps parents warn their children about this, and not growing hairy palms....

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Nick Buchheit's avatar

Haha. Damn. I loved the gross twist at the end. Honestly, didn't see the story going this way, but it works great!

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Irshaad's avatar

Thanks - it was a lot of fun to write, especially the gross out bits.

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Saaim's avatar

Sir, while I may not take action. You're evil. (Lol)

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Irshaad's avatar

Ha ha - at least it got a reaction. 😁

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Irshaad's avatar

If you’re interested you can also check out my more serious writing here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/polishthemirror

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