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THE LONELIES (completed) (featured March 2018)
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Complete, First published Jan 14, 2018
Mature
Portland, Maine in the mid '90. Just because you're young and broke and living in a marginal city just off the edge of nowhere doesn't mean you're missing out on sex, drugs, serial killers, insanity, death, grunge, and Winona Ryder. But what about growing up? What the fuck's up with that?
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