January Thaw (Romance Short Story)
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What if in the future they cure old age with a pill? Carolyn Deschaines is a woman who has lived too long, and after 150 years she has decided to gracefully 'die of old age,' but then she meets Theo and sparks fly.
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First published in 2011 in the print magazine Tough Lit III (Adventures for the Average Woman).
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