Things Heard and Seen
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Last published Sun, Mar 13, 2022
The crows knew what she had done.
They kept a steady distance perched on telephone wire, ink black rorschachs against a bone, white sky. The watched with unblinking eyes the world that was displayed below them. It was there, unflinching, evidence of human frailty and it lingered on the blistering cold like a fresh bruise.
Silvia has murdered her husband, Jonathan. After years of abuse, she has finally found a way out - or has she? When she meets a new man, Hugo - he has no idea of how close her dead husband is and Silvia has no idea how undead Jonathan may actually be.
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