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Shay Morgendorffer's avatar

I swear your stories are so thought-provoking. This was a crazy ride. I was kinda wishing she chose to get a cat instead or something. Oh well. Not everyone deserves a happy ending with a cat, I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️👾

Ellis Elms's avatar

Thank you! I really appreciate you reading my stories.

Caz Hart's avatar

Excellent twist.

Netflix recently released Soulmates, the premise being that everyone has a soulmate out there, rather than a huge dating pool. The outcomes were as awful as you'd expect.

Ellis Elms's avatar

I haven't watched that. Worth it?

Caz Hart's avatar

It taps into the dating app culture, as you've done with your story, albeit in a different manner.

Good casting. I liked that each episode was distinct, not merely riffing on variations of the same path to hell.

I found it interesting rather than a must see. It didn't linger in my mind. Unsatisfied and gullible people looking for a technological fix isn't provocative, nor is the notion of a solitary soul mate, even though that's a self-evidently false notion. So, yes, it was interesting to see the different places they went with the idea.

Ellis Elms's avatar

Thank you. I will take a look.

M. Majeris's avatar

Fuck, I was practically screaming for her to choose the cat. Oh well...

M. Majeris's avatar

2322 cats found. Left left left.

James Head's avatar

Ginger - no, a male cat. Want a female one.

Manx - no, want one with a tail.

Siamese, no, too high maintenance.

Tortiseshell - no, too violent....

Ellis Elms's avatar

Hahahaha 😂

Demetria Balfour's avatar

She should just get an escort. She’s not ready for an actual relationship.

Asha Bardon, MA's avatar

Another unsettling slow burn of a banger!!

Ellis Elms's avatar

Thank you!

Alicia's avatar

Wow!! The end cracked me up. You really understand the human mind!

Ellis Elms's avatar

I'm glad you're enjoying it. Especially, coming from you.

Thank you!

Alicia's avatar

Aw, that’s nice of you! Thanks. I kept thinking while reading this, “Just pick one, damn it!!!” 😂

Ellis Elms's avatar

Hahaha 😂

To the left.

Lol

Alicia's avatar

Right!

William Sky's avatar

A really powerful story. Dating apps are a pretty dystopian part of modern life anyway, but this one was refreshingly honest!

Rodolfo Faria's avatar

"get a cat" was brutal! 😂 A nice touch.

Debbie R's avatar

Very cool story!

Ellis Elms's avatar

Thank you!

It's avatar

Excellent.

Becky Hayward's avatar

Oh boy!! Such a good one!!

Ellis Elms's avatar

Thank you, Becky! I thought we might need a laugh.

Until the mirror turns.

😅

Becky Hayward's avatar

Until chapter 3 comes out and we’re all crying again? 😂

Ellis Elms's avatar

I am damn sure you're talking about Call Me Moby.

Ummm... maybe 🙃

Becky Hayward's avatar

lol yes! Zero dialogue and whale songs just gonna have me in 😭 🤣🤣

Fiona Bridges's avatar

I did not see that ending coming. LOL

TheReallyBadReviewer's avatar

Your short stories are exceptional! I've only read a few but they've all impressed me (for what my opinion is worth). Like many others, I was voting for the cat button, but the real key to human nature is in your ending. We, the readers, know what the characters should do, but their dissonance is the point. Cool story! Look forward to more in the future!

Ellis Elms's avatar

Thank you very much!

Notes from the Hill's avatar

Even the cat wouldn't have made that bitch happy lol. Very well written.. ❤️ loved it.

Ellis Elms's avatar

This comment made me lol, hahaha

Andrea 🌄's avatar

Really amazing story telling! The ending.. so disappointed in her. :(

Thomas G. Pauley's avatar

Wow, I knew exactly how it was going to end, but I cound not stop reading, and the ending STILL made me flinch. Great stuff!

Ellis Elms's avatar

Thank you! I like to write Uncomfortable Fiction, so a flinch is major validation for me.

I am truly grateful to you!