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William F. Edwards's avatar

Thanks to Winston Malone of the Storyletter (https://storyletter.substack.com/) and others not on Substack for helping review this piece.

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St John Starling's avatar

This was very interesting! I really like the choice to write from the perspective of a sword. My favorite parts of the story were all those where it felt most like the narrative engaged with what a sword would actually feel - I can imagine a sword taking pleasure in hanging on a wall in a beam of sunlight, for instance. It feels very artistically correct that a sword would enjoy being used, as well.

The slightly poetic, fairytale-esque pace of the prose is effective and feels appropriate to the subject matter.

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