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Terrible Openings I Paid For

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Graphite Bunny

The opening of a book should break the reader apart completely – they should scream as another world bursts into the vacuum of reality. I push my paperback into my rucksack – I don’t care if the pages get damaged. … Continue reading →

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Drowning in adjectives

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Graphite Bunny

I take the book from by bag. Page one and the principle character is moaning – he smells  pipe tobacco which he smokes but doesn’t like. A scholar with calloused hands he smothers like joy rotting gin. I struggle through … Continue reading →

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