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Entry 5 — Someone (no—Something) In The House

Journal of Isla Loren March 20 Location: Upstairs hallway outside the second bedroom Weather: Dark, thick like ink sealing the windows Time: 11:14 p...
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Blue Whale On A Bed Of Nails

I’ve been awake since 3.45 am. I got up to take a piss and then went back to bed. Big mistake, I should have got up, made a coffee and started the...
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Out of Season

The soil was still warm. Even though frost clung to car windows and the neighbor’s roof glittered like sugar, Nora pressed her fingers into the...
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Dead Man: 2

John Bardo begins the last day of his life... On the way back to the bedroom, John turned on the gas boiler and clicked the stat up a notch – just...
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The Last Customer

The diner was nearly empty, the kind of dead quiet that only came after midnight—booth lights dimmed to amber, pie case humming softly in the back...
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Entry 4 — The Things We Cover

Journal of Isla Loren — March 20 Location: upstairs hallway outside the second bedroom Weather: cloud-thickened morning, wind pressing against the...
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The Museum

On opening day, the street shimmered with excitement. Crowds had gathered, rosy-cheeked, scarves looped tight. Kids bounced on their toes, holding...
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Entry 3 — The Box

Journal of Isla Loren — March 19 Location: the craft room (formerly the back sitting room) at the white house above the Aiglin Sea Weather: sunlight...
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Dry Season

once, were cracks in the sky—splinters of sun now they’re sealed— edge to edge, mingled to one droplets fall on sheltering leaves: tearless grief— no...
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Dead Man: 1

The day John Bardo died was an otherwise unremarkable day in his life. It was in late spring, when the mornings were beginning to get lighter and...
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