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And thus I have a phone that does NOT use apps! Bwahaha!

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Your phone is safer.

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Yeah, and I wonder at Kathy being able to grab a phone so hard that she bent it. Flimsy garbage. Or she’s a bodybuilder. Har!

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I got this story in email. After reading it, I scrolled back to the top of the email. Next to the title of the story, a button for this website offers me, "Read In App." I thought two things: ironic and not today, Satan.

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OMG, I hadn't thought about that. If it weren't too late for you, I'd offer to send you a paper copy in the mail.

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Clever, with an unexpected double-Twilight Zone twist. Although, weren't the Northern Lights seen recently, down pretty far south - perhaps at least Tallahassee?

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I've heard rumors of the northern light being see far, far south. Maybe we should worry.

I'm glad you enjoyed The App Tester. It was a fun story to write. (The Twilight Zone inspires me.)

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Hah, me too! I’m delving into flash fiction a bit on Substack and hope to learn much from you. Nice site you have!

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Brilliantly done Bill 👏

I loved Kathy being so focussed on Gilbert having an affair that she totally ignored the truth about a potential alternate reality 😁

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Thank you, Gilbert. I had fun creating the Kathy character and I'm glad you enjoyed her.

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Creepy cool! Score ! I ll never look at my phone in the same way. Thanks alot 🧐

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You're welcome, Elyse. I'm happy you enjoyed The App Tester. I worry about my phone a lot.

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The wink said it all. Another clever concept and ending, Bill. Poor Gilbert, there is nothing a guy can do to overcome a wife's unwarranted suspicion. How do you prove you didn't do something?

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Proving something we didn't do -- we've all been there, right?

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I haven’t read many stories with a Kathy in it! Makes me happy. But if this is some sort of premonition…

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You never know. Substack stories are often powerful beyond our comprehension.

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Guess I shall wait and find out!

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So the past came to claim him!!

Beware of phones!

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Right? We're at risk for all sorts of supernatural dangers.

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Sadly I believe the greatest risk to humans & indeed our earth comes from the egotism and evilness of a few very powerful men 😢

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I think so, too, and that’s becoming more clear all the time.

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This is excellent. For the first time listened to one of your stories rather than read while doing pull-ups. I LOLd a couple times and lost my grip!

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Thank you, Peter. It's cool that you can listen to stories, too. I'm happy you enjoyed The App Tester.

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Great story! I shot through it. How timely, given the election. BtW, I bet Japanese PM (for now) Ishiba wishes he had this app!

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Sometimes, I wish I could travel back in time. Make that often I wish I could. I'm glad you enjoyed The App Tester. (Now I will catch up on the morning news about Japan.)

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Well done!

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Thank you, Stephanie.

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Great story! As I’m reading The Time Traveler’s Wife…. Do do do do 🎵

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Thank you. I loved The Time Traveler's Wife!

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You had a great twist in there! I was fully expecting an alternate reality or a time glitch but … then you did it. 👏

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Hmm. Witchery or alternate universe. Wait! Could they be the same thing?

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I like the way your mind works. Yes!

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This is why I don't have a phone....

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There's a lot of spooky stuff that goes on with phones.

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Really amazing short! I will now wonder about this parallel world forever...

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Thank you. The universe is very much stranger than we can imagine.

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Deliciously creepy!

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Thank you. The creepy season is my favorite time of the year.

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