“Animal Crackers” Excerpted from “Simone in Pieces” by Janet Burroway

The latest in our FORTHCOMING series of excerpts from new and recent books:

Anika had, Leo knew, a harder time in the uprising than he did. She was working as a junior reporter at the morning Szabad Nep when the soldiers came, not a good place to be. She hid in the storeroom behind a trashcan for three hours listening to the shots, the clatter of shell casings on the linoleum.
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“Sister Replay” Excerpted from “Body of Evidence” by Aimee Parkison

The latest in our FORTHCOMING series of excerpts from new and recent books:

After descending into the basement, you act as if you never went, as if you have no idea what the basement really is or what happened there. Even though you left the girl you once were in the basement, you spent the rest of your nights pretending it didn’t happen.
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