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Meg Oolders's avatar

I know this story!!! 😍🤩

Congrats on the acceptance, Andrei. That's truly awesome.

As is this story. 💜

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Thanks a million, Meg! Your help was invaluable.

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Will Boucher's avatar

This is fantastic! I can feel the emotion and conflict of the narrator. Love the scene where the "hot shot programmer" instantly becomes the bullied kid at the gas station.

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Thanks a lot for reading, Will! I love that one too.

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Sara B's avatar

Love to hear your voice, it sounds perfect! For me as a Spanish speaker your English sounds great 🤗

I wonder what kind of information did he found after cliking the Facebook profile... 🧐

Hard but touching to read, congratulations! 😀

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Well, it could be anything. I guess it’s up to the reader, isn‘t it? Thanks a lot for the mind words, Sara. And I see you’ve added a picture! Cool to put a face to the name!

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Sara B's avatar

True, anything could be hiding behind a Facebook profile 🧐

Yeah! It's my dog Felix and me 😉🐶

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Beautiful dog!

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M.E. Proctor's avatar

Excellent story, Andrei. Well done!

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Appreciate it mightily, Martine!

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Noha Beshir's avatar

This is sooooooo good! I didn’t want it to end, which probably means it ended at the perfect spot.

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Oh, Gosh, that’s such high praise! Thank you so much, Noha! I’m honored you read my story, btw. Love your stuff.

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Noha Beshir's avatar

Awww thanks! I found it riveting.

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Glad to hear it!

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Sharon Hom's avatar

And it’s fun to hear your voice! Your reading was great!

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Oh, wow. I’m super glad to hear that! I can definitely see lots to improve, though. Will do better next time.

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Sharon Hom's avatar

I suppose each of us hear in our own way, but I thought your pacing and phrasing was great👍 you mentioned your “ accent” to me earlier. We ALL have accents inflected by who we are!

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

I suppose that’s true, isn’t it? Our accents are a reflection of where we come from, where we’ve been, and who we’ve been with.

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Stephanie Sweeney's avatar

Congratulations on publication!

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Thank you so much, Stephanie!

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

It is nice to connect the voice to the face. Great reading and powerful story!

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Thank you so much for the kind words, Nadia! Listening back to the recording makes me cringe so much. Hope to do better next time.

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

We tend to hate how we sound! 😝 Take time, let your words breathe. Other than that, it is awesome and I want to listen to you more. I love your accent.

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

That’s really making me blush! I’m definitely going to try it again at some point.

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

❤️❤️

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Nathan Slake's avatar

Great read, Andrei. Thanks for sharing. Congrats on getting it published! Great to hear your voice on this with the audio ☺️

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Ahh, I was so nervous about that! I’m glad you liked it, Nathan. Have been waiting to share this one since March.

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Sharon Hom's avatar

Congrats on both publication and doing an audio👍♥️

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Thank you, Sharon!

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Diana  Goniou's avatar

The way you write perfectly constructed emotionally broken men is so authentic and so generously insightful.

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Tarik James's avatar

Wow. What a story. I was so drawn into this narrative. I want to hear/read more. I want to know what happens; what comes next; where does this literary thread lead?

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I don’t know if I should be glad or sorry 😅 Thanks for reading and subscribing, Bear!

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That’s the greatest compliment a writer can ever get. Hats off to you! 🎩

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Thanks for saying so, and for reading! I’m still super self conscious about it, but hopefully it will get easier with time. Happy weekend!

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