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Leanne Shawler's avatar

Oh, it’s Clarevoyance!

Scoot's avatar

WAIT ITS NOT A ONE-SHOT

E.B. Howard's avatar

It's kiiIIIIND of--well no, I guess not really. Closest I've gotten in a while though 😅

Scoot's avatar

can't believe I have to go through this more than once

E.B. Howard's avatar

oh fortunately this is it for this particular story! I will probably do some lighthouse focused stuff later, but Clare really prefers to be a side character.

Sara Dietz's avatar

This is a SUPER sweet origin story, ALSO had me crying at the beginning

E.B. Howard's avatar

Noooo;;; thank you though!! I'm glad you liked it!

Thérèse Judeana's avatar

This was so stressful but well written, and I was so excited when I realized where it was going! I’m so glad it had a happy ending.

E.B. Howard's avatar

Thank you! I do try to make something good come out of the terrible things I put my characters through, at least most of the time. I'm glad it came out well!

Michael S. Atkinson's avatar

Oh, Keith is a keeper. That's a good fella right there.

I loved the description in this; you really captured what it'd be like to be a telepath in the real world. And also why it's probably a good thing that we don't have them.

Also, I gotta wonder, what happened to Jaclyn? Superhero we haven't met yet?

E.B. Howard's avatar

Thanks-yes, these are the things I think about! It's nightmare fuel!

Jaclyn is even less the superhero-ing type than Clare is, but she might turn up again later. I like to think she got all her psychic issues straightened out and is a social worker who's hopefully not too burned out (no, wait, that's also nightmare fuel.)

Michael S. Atkinson's avatar

oh yikes I can only imagine.

The Casual Writer's avatar

I am not a mother, but I felt like I was struggling with Clare. Great story!

Bridget Riley's avatar

Oh goodness, this was so sad and so real and so intense and so good.

E.B. Howard's avatar

Thank you!

Tbh I'm touched you trusted me enough to read it. I started writing it in the newborn trenches and it was just *too* much for postpartum, I had to wait until now to finish.

Bridget Riley's avatar

It definitely nailed the hard parts of first time parenting, supercharged by anxiety and telepathy. But I know what you mean; there are some things I just can’t touch with my writing when I’m in the postpartum trenches.

On a different note, I‘m so excited I finally got to meet Clare!