After All
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Last published Tue, Mar 31, 2015
Chasing your dream after the apocalypse.
“After All” appears in Richard Lange’s short story collection, Sweet Nothing.
“What comes across is the human animal’s capacity for perseverance in the face of failure. . . . You know you’re in the hands of an expert.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Sweet Nothing
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