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You need to read this author's disastrous rejection story all the way to the end

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You need to read this author's disastrous rejection story all the way to the end
Judging writing contests can be hard work... especially if your own story is in the mix. Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Pretty much every author out there will have a rejection story or two.

Not many will have ones quite as dramatic as the tale author Mark Leidner shared on Twitter this week, though.

SEE ALSO: J.K. Rowling's rejection letters give hope to the writer in us all

Here it is, in all its ridiculous glory:

Understandably, people had some questions.

By this point, plenty of people were a tad sceptical.

Others, meanwhile, were simply happy to sit back and enjoy the story -- made up or not.

Ultimately, though, the author eventually returned to Twitter to reveal the answer.

Yep: as you probably guessed by now the whole thing is made up, likely timed to promote Leidner's short story collection Under the Sea.

Hey -- it was still a wild ride while it lasted though, right?

Seems like the best way to promote your stories these days might well be with yet another story.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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