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A. A. Kostas's avatar

Fascinating, excited to read more

Leo Vaughn's avatar

Thank you, I appreciate that! I'm glad you enjoyed it. More to come, every Thursday!

Corey Evans's avatar

This is such a cool premise! I look forward to each installment.

Leo Vaughn's avatar

Thank you, I appreciate that! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Now we'll see if I can keep it up haha. More to come, every Thursday!

Ricardo A. Martagón's avatar

DARK vibes! 🔥 Montpellier is definitely up to something fishy, I can smell it through the screen 😈

Leo Vaughn's avatar

Right?? Who knows, maybe he was even involved in the JFK assassination.

Hold on, that just gave me an idea!

Ricardo A. Martagón's avatar

Right right 👏 You think he could also be at the Ed Sullivan show when The Beatles were there too? 🥹

Leo Vaughn's avatar

Wait, was the CIA present at the show? This sounds like a rabbit hole I need to fall down!

Ricardo A. Martagón's avatar

Never heard of them being actually there, but it seems plausible 😅

Leo Vaughn's avatar

I mean, British invasion? That's what they're here for!

The Sauna Writer's avatar

This was delightfully different. Gotta check out the other instalments.

Leo Vaughn's avatar

Thank you, I appreciate that! More to come, every Thursday. See you around the 'stacks!

Abby D. Jones's avatar

Enjoyed this! Thanks for sharing!

Leo Vaughn's avatar

Wonderful, thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. :) More to come, every Thursday!

Neural Foundry's avatar

Really solid worldbuilding here. The detail about Harlan tracking the Soviet agent across those earthen dikes through the telephoto lens felt super tactile and grounded. Watched a documentry once on Cold War surveillance ops, and the patience those camera guys had was insane, feels like Harlan's got that same vibe but with the multiverse twist. The betrayal angle at the end wiht the American traitor adds good tension.

Leo Vaughn's avatar

Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I don't know why, but I love Cold War vibes. Have you ever seen the Alec Guinness version of Tinker Tailor? It's phenomenal.

Anna McKenzie's avatar

Enjoying this so much already! Can’t wait to see what happens next!

Leo Vaughn's avatar

Awesome, thank you for encouragement! I really appreciate it. It's been fun writing these so far, because instead of the laborious pre-writing work of a novel, I just sit down with an idea and try to bang one out in an hour.

More to come!

Anna McKenzie's avatar

I love it!! Yeah, it can be really fun to ride the wave of a serial! Fun and momentum, which can carry over into that complex novel creation time :)

Leo Vaughn's avatar

For sure. Momentum is essential. Big projects can feel so overwhelming. It's like, just do something, *anything,* today. Doesn't matter how big or small it is.