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Joshua Kay's avatar

All of these stories about the 4:44 are SO good! But this installment, in particular, really got me. I suppose that, just like the 4:44 itself, this one came to me exactly when I needed it.

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Asteria Geisterblum's avatar

This one in particular is one of my favourites in this series, too. Writing it was so easy, it almost wrote itself.

I’m so glad to hear that it found you when you needed it 💛

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Annieguile Bentulan's avatar

I loved the discussion here, about how we can either be the Angel to someone while the devil for others, and that even if we were the devil for others, it might've been for the greater good. That was such a beautiful message. This idea is something that I've been wrestling myself. And loved most how it ended at the Orrin and the store being both...and I wonder if Heims path would ever lead him back to the store.

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Asteria Geisterblum's avatar

Thank you so much, I’m absolutely thrilled that you like it. It’s a concept I do think a lot about. Life isn’t always easy and I do find myself wondering about the mechanism and concept behind certain challenges that everyone goes through at one point

I wonder too, I loved Hiems. He had such a nice feel to him

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Cathy Jo (C.J.) Beecher's avatar

I love the way you write subtle magic into your scenes and your unique characters! Is this/will this be part of a book or series that you are querying for trad publishing?

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Asteria Geisterblum's avatar

Thank you so much! I’m happy you enjoyed it. I do intend to publish the short story collection Quiet Little Journeys, however, I don’t know if there’s an audience for it when it comes to traditional publishing.

They do like authors to already have a platform more often than not, so perhaps I’ll look into self publishing or another way/shape/form to get it into a book-shape.

Right now, however, I enjoy writing the little journeys so it’s not on my mind for the first half of this year. And I think for a collection, I’d need more than ten or eleven stories anyways.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read! This one came out so long somehow, much longer than the other stories, but Hiems refused to get to the point but I’m thrilled you took the time

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