Such Is My Idea Of Happiness
Novelette 9,550 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
"I hear them howling long before I see them. Never been sure why they do that, after a few drinks. Like a troop of howler monkeys, whooping to each other. Or wolves, running as a pack. I’m used to it, after six years in the City. Still hate when they’re like this. Numbing themselves."
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