Emily — James

— Didja see the reviews?

— Did I ever.

— Not one emdash!

— I've never understood the controversy —

— They've no sense of pause nor introspection — not like us.

— You smile while you say that Jimmy — Are you ill — or —

— I'm dead Miss Emily. So are you.

— So I am. I wondered why it was so peaceful —

— Your sarcasm drips.

— Stop laughing. Being dead isn't bad but I do enjoy company.

— You'd think there'd be more misunderstood writers here.

— These days they hang out on the internet café at the corner of Hopeful and Hopeless.

— What's it called?

— WritingDotCom.

— Are they all dead too?