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September 14, 2012

Fiction

The Dream Of Doctor Bantam [Excerpt]

A young adolescent goes to IHOP with her nihilistic older sister in the middle of the night.

"She got into the car next to her sister. Tabitha lit a cigarette, a tulip of fire surrounded by the black petals of her painted nails. Against the light her eyes were red at the edges. She turned the key."

Jeanne Thornton Vol. 1 Brooklyn Jan 2012 15min Permalink