The Tragic Organ Player (Short Story)
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"A man's soul can shift into all kinds of animals; into beings he never knew existed."
A melancholy organ melody had echoed through Broadway Avenue every Sunday night for more than one hundred years...
Short story by Deidrea DeWitt (C) 2023
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