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    The Butterfly
    The Butterfly
    The Butterfly
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    The Butterfly

    By Robert L. Arend

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    Mother paused, drew the butterfly to her lips and whispered some secret before continuing her story.
    “It was but a month ago,” she recollected. “I wakened to discover your father resting on the side of our bed reserved to him throughout our marriage. To be sure, I was uncertain of his identity at first, but the butterfly’s urgency, crawling up my arm and neck to nibble on my earlobe—precisely as your father so entertained me years before—well, then, what more proof could he provide of his spirit restored to me?”__from "The Butterfly"

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert L. Arend
    Release dateApr 20, 2013
    ISBN9781301528073
    The Butterfly
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    Robert L. Arend

    Robert L. Arend is known as 'The Robert' among his multi-circle of Facebook friends and much of the online community of writers. He is the former short story editor of the Circle 8 Writers Group anthologies and a contributing writer. The Robert is currently the short story editor and contributing writer for 7 Fates Writers ( https://www.facebook.com/SevenFatesWriters). His short stories have also been published in anthologies of Twin Trinity Media. Many of Robert's short stories are available as single story Kindle downloads on Amazon. Robert favors short stories that reflect the genre popularized by his idol, the late Rod Serling.

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