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Pep Talks

April 6, 2022

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Blurry image. Caption reads: Pep talks.

Blurry image. Caption reads: Pep talks.

Blurry image of man looking in mirror. Caption reads: I give myself mirror pep talks.

Man looking in mirror. His mirror image is red and screaming while the man outside the mirror remains calm. Caption reads: "This is my body now; you'll get used to it."

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A little fun with two-sentence horror.

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Book cover for the story, "Inching Along After the Apocalypse." The silhouette of a man in professional dress stands in the foreground, looking toward a tree. In the background, a tree is split down the middle with one side lush and green, and the other side dry and desolate.

Andrews, North Carolina, 2034. No bills, no bosses, no people. Things sure are different after the apocalypse. Daily life is a constant struggle for food, water, and shelter from the searing sun. A lone school teacher makes a discovery that could change the world and bring back "normal" for himself, but at what cost?

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