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Stephen King: hey what’s going on? It looks like there’s some commotion happening over at the romance writers campfire
Poe: hmm King: you think we should go check it out?
Poe: no I don’t think that would be a good idea
Poe: things can be a little, uh, volatile over there
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King: what?
Barker: they’re all deranged
Poe: now clive, that’s a little unfair
Barker: I guarantee anything that happens over there is 100% lunacy
Poe: now clive
VC Andrews: oh it's not so bad there actually
Barker:
Poe:
King:
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[at Circle of Love]
Nora Roberts: today we gather to pay our respects to susan meachen
Roberts: a fellow romance writer who left us too soon
[susan meachen walks in]
Roberts: who
Roberts:
Roberts:
Roberts:
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Susan Meachen: hey guys whats going on in here
Roberts:
Meachen:
Roberts:
Meachen:
Roberts: I don’t know susan
Roberts: what IS going on in here
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Meachen: you guys doing a funeral? Cool
Roberts: yeah
Roberts: it’s
Roberts: it’s um
Roberts: it’s your funeral
Roberts: we
Roberts: we thought you were dead
Meachen: oh yeah
Meachen: well, I got better
Roberts:
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Roberts: your family said you were dead
Meachen: oh yeah about that
Meachen: they just made that up
Meachen: they thought it was for the best
Meachen: I can’t fault them for that
Roberts:
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Roberts: we all thought you were dead
Meachen: yeah, and this funeral you’re doing? Great stuff!
Roberts: there was a memorial anthology dedicated to you
Meachen: oh yeah, I read that
Meachen: pretty hot stuff! Roberts:
Sandra Hill: hey can I still give my eulogy?
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Sandra Hill: can i still read my eulogy?
Hill: or like
Hill: is it gonna be weird now?
Meachen: no no you should still do it
Meachen: I want to hear it
Roberts:
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Sandra Hill: ok so uh
Hill: “now we can just hope that susan meachen is in a better place”
Hill: “a place filled with oiled-up Vikings and sexy army rangers”
Jude Deveraux: oh yeah Vikings
Deveraux: that’s the good shit