Hmm,… I’m not sure.
The language is beautiful and the explanation of the circumstances extremely detailed, but it doesn’t quite follow on from my vision of Ed’s story.
I’ll have to contemplate…

I’m sure it doesn’t. It’s just the twist that I pictured when I read the original story, so I wanted to sequel it with said twist. :) I think I’m only one who read it that way.

Awesome. Not necessarily what I had pictured from MH either, but you play it out marvelously.

Really feels twilight-zone-ish.

I’m glad you enjoyed it. I wasn’t entirely sure how I felt about it when I published it — but I’m also my own worst critic.

You’ve been following Reclaimer long enough — you should know by now how much I love to throw twists into things. :-0

I liked it! I think you mean an eternity of Piano Joes at the end. This just begs for a worthy opponent who breaks past the limits. :)

Nope, I definitely meant Piano Joe, singular. :)

okay, my grammar teacher must’ve missed that one. :)

Just means he anticipates a long time listening to Piano Joe’s singular tune. :)

Ah a twist!

I enjoyed it, because it doesn’t take away the style of my story, just puts your own spin on it… I particularly like how you interpreted some of my wording, ‘this part of town’ and the eternity of Piano Joe. Definitely singular.

Good work, and thankyou – MH :)

chuckle* singular tune! that’s rather gross. :) I thought maybe they’d have taken care of the body, but no, he shows up again! I think this is the longest a body has laid dead in a ficly series.. :)

lain dead..

Well, in my mind, the space between Quentin’s shooting the student and the kid’s smoke break is only a handful of minutes. The gun smoke has barely cleared the air.