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    Last Dance of a Black Widow
    Last Dance of a Black Widow
    Last Dance of a Black Widow
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    Last Dance of a Black Widow

    By Bradley Convissar

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    Meet Abbey Whistler. She's just died at the age of eighty and waits in her hospital room to be taken to the afterlife. But she quickly learns that crimes committed while alive actually do have repercussions when you die.
    From the author of the Pandora's Children collection of short stories, the novellas Dogs of War and King of the Merge, and the free short story Blink comes Last Dance of a Black Widow, a sobering 3,000 word short story that explores the death of a life lived poorly.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBradley Convissar
    Release dateOct 3, 2011
    ISBN9781465972835
    Last Dance of a Black Widow
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    Bradley Convissar

    I grew up in NJ, spent four years in New Orleans earning my degree in evolutionary biology, then returned to NJ for dental school. I currently live in NJ with my wife, two children, and diabetic Daschund who has developed premature cataracts (a temperamental, partly blind dog and two children don't mix very well). I always felt that you can learn something about a person based on the CD's in their car. Well, right now I am listening to Disturbed's new album Asylum, Chevelles' newest album Sc-fi Crimes, Three Day's Grace latest Life Starts Now and Hollywood Undead's Swan Song. So, what does that tell you about me?

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      Last Dance of a Black Widow - Bradley Convissar

      Last Dance of a Black Widow

      By

      BRADLEY CONVISSAR

      Smashwords Edition

      This book is a work of fiction.

      All characters, events and situations in this book

      are purely fictional and any resemblance to real

      people or events is purely coincidental.

      www.pandoraschildren.com

      www.notjustaboringdentist.com

      Facebook: Bradley Convissar Author

      Check out free stories and excerpts at my Smashwords Page:

      https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/BradC

      (including the FREE seven story Dark Interludes collection)

      Check out my Youtube page @ http://www.youtube.com/user/Bconvisdmd

      Copyright 2011 Bradley Convissar

      Cover design by Bradley Convissar

      The cover photo is a derivative of the photo green bed by 28misguidedsoul at Flickr, used under Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License

      http://www.flickr.com/photos/28misguidedsouls/5595270199/

      The background is Iron Plate by Eky Studio, 2011 used under license from Shutterstock.com

      Abbey Whistler stood at the window of her hospital room, looking wistfully at the outside world. Everything she saw

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