The Gauntlet
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Last published Mon, Jan 11, 2016
Every now and then, a person is born and his life immediately takes a wrong turn. This story is about one of those people.
Follow the narrator on his quest for self-discovery and in finding what it means to him to be alive.
Note: this work is not intended to be in chronological order
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