The Neighborhood
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A variety of oddities living on the same street. The collection includes Annie, a 22 year old food blogger and introvert, Susan and Fhil an extremely odd couple who get around on a horse drawn buggy and grow weed, Colin an aspiring artist who drives a beat up Sabe and a sad backstory, a house full of ten produce growing nuns, a rowdy but delightful Scottish man who wears a kilt and mows his lawn at 3 AM, and Argus the chubby raccoon.
A story about a strange crew of people discovering a secret that shakes the whole street. Everyone prefers their deepest secrets stay buried but when they find the neighborhood raccoon digging up something that has been in the ground for a long time, everyone is set on edge.
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