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"HE DISMOUNTED at the dead end of the canyon, took a shovel and walked to a spot near a cottonwood and began to dig. When he was knee deep in the hole an arrow passed behind his head. He felt the air move and thought it a daring bird. The second arrow found its mark in his neck and the life seeped from him and he folded, inches from some letters and a lock of hair. Lou Beach began his writing career by updating his Facebook status, every day, with a new stand-alone story no more than 420 characters long. These narrative gems soon appeared on his website, and then arrived in the literary…

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3 editions
  • Other · English · 2011
    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers · 9781299884229
  • Other · English · 2011
    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · 9780547617947
  • Other · English · 2011
    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · 169 pages · 9780547617930
FICTION / Short Stories (single author)FICTION / LiteraryFiction, short stories (single author)American Short stories