User blog comment:Creepy Thomas O./Book Review - Kind Nepenthe by Matthew Brockmeyer/@comment-25148755-20170727231645/@comment-26030957-20170728003544

Thanks so much, Shadow.

I think you're really going to like the rewrite. Tighter, meaner, darker. Took out a lot of unnecessary stuff. The hippie musicians--gone, the Christmas party at Diesels--gone. But I added some (imo) great stuff. A wicked final chapter, a scene in a strip club (oh, yeah, had to have that, right?)

The manuscript went from 78,000 words down to 65,000 then up to 71,000.

And, thanks again for the beta read, brother. Most appreciated.