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The Gilded Boy (John Bartlett)

Verity La November 3, 2017 Fiction, Out of Limbo

Christ, one minute I’m walking behind Akmal and the next I’m lying on the ground, stunned, covered in dust and blood. His blood. I never understood why there wasn’t a …

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  • Home
  • About
    • The Journal
    • Committee and Advisory Board
    • An editorial-shaped box
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  • Vault
    • Fiction
      • Lies to Live By
      • Being Sure
    • Interviews
      • Lighthouse Yarns
    • Non Fiction
      • Rogue State
      • Verity La Forum
    • Poetry
      • Heightened Talk
      • Spoken Word
    • Reviews
      • Through the Looking Glass
    • Projects
      • Black Cockatoo
      • Clozapine Clinic — The Frater Project
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      • Disrupt
      • Out of Limbo
  • Poetry Podcast
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