![]() What have you done today to deserve your eyes? TITLE: Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last SpokeĪ whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s-a darkness that threatens to forever transform them once they finally succumb to their most horrific desires. A whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s - a darkness that. I read this in one sitting last night and can’t stop thinking about it, almost 24 hours later. This is one of those stories that, despite its brevity, is going to stick with me for a long time to come. This was one of the most unsettling, disturbing things I have ever read, and I could not put it down. ![]() Things Have Gotten Worse is a story told through instant messages and emails, and I’d like to start by saying this storytelling mechanism works brilliantly for this story. And, in a way, this is what you get within these 112 pages of quite frankly, weird, semi-horror, notations collated in a faux-docu style by a presumed fake author. We only get to see the bits of each character that they allow each other to see, and because of this, I found myself curious about each woman’s motives, or wondering how they would react to a scenario. These words greet any potential reader the moment their hand turns the book. 'Cause I don't think they could charge Zoe with murder. My thought is that it was a wrongful death suit filed by someone in Agnes's family. It mentions litigation, but not any arrest. ![]() Mike I just looked at the author's note again. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes (2022). 2 answers To answer questions about Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, please sign up. As we get further into the story, many of the emails are being told after certain events have already happened, and the entire dynamic builds so wonderfully on the impending sense of dread that begins on the very first page. It’s because the planet is a carnivore and just wants to be fed. Everything the Darkness Eats forthcoming: Jun 06 2023. ![]()
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