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Sounds similar to my earliest short story "The Year Without Christmas." I wrote it at about the age of 8 years old for the grade school newspaper. The teachers loved it but the principal nixed it because of the violence. It's about a CEO who loses money on his Toy corporation every year because Santa is delivering all the presents for free. So he hires a hit man to take him out. I still have it somewhere.

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this was fun to listen to especially after watching the super 8 films you made as a child

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Fantastic you are giving us an insight into the literary history of your development

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Glad to hear you're enjoying all these, Ashley!

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well it reminds me that inspiration comes from the love of words.

My first story was Nightmare on Sesame street. With Ernie Kruger killing the rest of the street puppets. The teacher gave me a 'well done' sticker then told her next class of the title,

And like a meme everyone wrote Night mare on sesame street...

Zero royalties or acknowledgement... so life was preparing me early on for a life in the arts

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