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Thérèse Judeana's avatar

I’m first! It’s already not going where I expected, but it’s fascinating. I love the book of Esther, so it’s fun to see the parallels and the differences.

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Scoot's avatar

Extremely evocative. I can see some of the characters, i like how you use the names to establish some flavor: if im not mistaken, im picking up jewish, irish, and italian names—perfect mix for a gritty mid century new york. Excited to follow this!

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Scoot's avatar

Also: woman in the beginning must be etta. Began and ended with crossing! So i wonder if the sirens are for ricky…

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Bridget Riley's avatar

🤔

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Leanne Shawler's avatar

Yay! A new serial from you. Just let me know which one is Haman so I know when to boo.

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Bridget's avatar

> An irritating, unreachable itch scratched at his mind. This shawl had not been woven to serve Ricky Melchiorre or his mistress’ blood-red ruby.

Oh no Paul! What identity are you running from?

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Suzanne Gates's avatar

Great story. Anxious for Part 2

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The Casual Writer's avatar

The prose is brilliant! I'm excited to see where the story goes!

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Bridget Riley's avatar

Thank you!!

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Michael S. Atkinson's avatar

I was hooked from the opening line to the shawl to the singing to the Statue of Liberty reference. This is brilliant. And the prophecy! Oh man. This is so cool.

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Bridget Riley's avatar

Thank you, Michael!

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nibbins the cat's avatar

Very interesting. So far most of my reading has been about the book of esther (which tbh i had barely heard of, and i'm getting hooked

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James Rainsford's avatar

Looking forward to seeing how this unfolds!

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