Horace lived a quiet life, taking a sadistic pleasure in mocking the writers in the coffee shop until one day, fate took revenge. Horace found a perfect manuscript complete with query letter in his apartment one day, and decided to send it out.The ensuing rush of being a bestselling author turns to growing horror as the novels keep coming.
Haunted by bestsellers and unable to escape the lie Horace moves between apartments, burns books, and avoids his friends just to make the pages go away.
But they never do...
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A short story complete at 1000 words
