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    Stories for Humans: Ten Stories of Pain, Loss, and Death
    Stories for Humans: Ten Stories of Pain, Loss, and Death
    Stories for Humans: Ten Stories of Pain, Loss, and Death
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    Stories for Humans: Ten Stories of Pain, Loss, and Death

    By Emma Barry

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    What if people simply disappeared from being sad? What would you find if you ventured into your recently-deceased neighbor's apartment? What happens to the ones left behind after a suicide? Stories for Humans will touch your soft spots, prodding the places in your subconscious where terror and sadness live. Join a variety of characters as they trudge through the muck that is the human experience.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEmma Barry
    Release dateAug 9, 2011
    ISBN9781466028777
    Stories for Humans: Ten Stories of Pain, Loss, and Death
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    Emma Barry

    Emma Barry is a teacher, novelist, recovering academic, and former political staffer. She lives with her high school sweetheart and a menagerie of pets and children in Virginia, and she occasionally finds time to read and write. You can visit her on the web at www.authoremmabarry.com.

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