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“Cleave” A story. Marianna slams the glove compartment shut. Loose change rattles in the various caverns that collect such things as pennies, wrappers, single Barbie dolls shoes. She buckles herself into the driver’s seat and strangles the steering wheel. Rain slides from the…
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The Honeymoon is Over
Hello to you. The next part of “Cleave” is coming up, and if you’d like the very beginning, you can find it here. The rain is light. Marianna scrambles between trees. She realizes within moments that she left almost everything in the car. She has no money. No ID. Her phone shifts…
Dear person reading this, Thank you. I hope you’re well. I just looked at the weather because everybody knows I can’t help myself and I see we’re supposed to get more than 18 inches of s*** (read shit) dumped on us from the heavens on Tuesday. Of course it will be on a Tuesday.

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