River Bargain Baby
ShortStory 2,298 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"There’s reasons not to go sit by the banks of the Dequindre. The mosquitoes bite something fierce this time of year, for one. May through September the air is thick with them. The river swells wide on its way through Wyandott."
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