It started innocently enough. 。

Just one writer talking to his friend, another writer, on Twitter.。

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The principals of this story are Sam Sykes, an author known best for his。 Aeons' Gate。fantasy series; and Chuck Wendig, who most recently helmed the
。 Aftermath 。trilogy of。 Star Wars。books. Their bona fides are only important insofar as it lets you know they do cool things with words.。

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Back to Twitter. Chuck gamely responded. It seemed innocent at first, totally nbd.。

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Tweet may have been deleted。 Just two chill dudes talking, right? Not so much This is where our story takes a weird -- and all together。dark。

-- turn. Sam explained that things were definitely not well in his neck of the woods. 。

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From this point on the back-and-forth goes completely off the rails. Hilariously so. And then, roughly 70 tweets later, a complete story has taken shape.。