Watching Paint Dry - Short Story
joeholmes2002
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  • Time <5 mins
joeholmes2002
Complete, First published Mar 23, 2020
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Terminally ill Dylan Davis is used to staring at the ceiling, until a TV crew and the actress of his favourite character pay him a surprise visit. But will Princess Darkstar be as caring in real life?

From Joe Holmes, the writer of BBC featured book Healed By Creation, a short story about inspiration.  The 500 word piece interprets how meeting your hero may not be all it's cut out to be.
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