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Ma waves at Frank and says, "Hey there! Welcome to the neighborhood!" all loud and booming.
Frank stops and stares at Ma with big eyes. He looks like he's about to be rung up and tied to the hood of a 1500. Frozen and afraid. He shifts his eyes down to me for a millisecond before picking up his dog and pushing through the front door.
Ma chokes out a laugh through the smoke and hits me on the shoulder. She says, "See? An anti-social just like you."
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In the small town of Saugatuk, Michigan, life is simple and predictable. Neighbors leave their doors unlocked and kids play in the streets. No one suspects that their next door neighbor's strange, reclusive oldest son is sneaking away in the middle of the night to dump his left overs in Lake Erie-- watching them sink slowly down to the bottom before packing up his truck and heading back home. No one... except the new snarky punk kid from Jersey who just moved into the house right next to them.
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A four-part short story where Gerard is a nonchalant blue collar vampire and Frank is annoying and persistent.