Night Hawks and Looking Out

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Inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper these two intertwined short stories focus on fear, loss and redemption in 1940s New York

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111628/nighthawks
https://philipkochpaintings.blogspot.com/2011/05/edward-hopper-looking-out.htmlAll Rights Reserved

1940s drama fear flash-fiction gangland new-york redemption violence widow

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