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PseudoPod 896: Douen

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“Douen” was originally published in The Dark Magazine and reprinted in the 2023 collection Skin Thief. From the author: “This story is set at my Grandmother’s house in Trinidad. The story itself is written in dialect the way I would have spoken it. It poured out of my head that way fully completed. Because I’m part of the diaspora, it is really reflective of how my parents spoke to… Source

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MortalityFolk HorrorTenderDark FantasyElegiacIntimateHorrorMelancholicDarkMemoryBelongingGrief And LossFirst PersonFantasyVoice Driven

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