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    Wrong Neighborhood: Two Short Stories
    Wrong Neighborhood: Two Short Stories
    Wrong Neighborhood: Two Short Stories
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    Wrong Neighborhood: Two Short Stories

    By Sarah Parker Wolf

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    This edition includes two short stories: On Camera and Moving Day. On Camera tells the story of Stacy Sterling, an anything-for-a-story reporter told through the eyes of a smitten admirer. Moving Day uncovers the mystery of a neighbor known only on the surface.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSarah Parker Wolf
    Release dateMar 2, 2014
    ISBN9781311925046
    Wrong Neighborhood: Two Short Stories
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    Sarah Parker Wolf

    Sarah Parker Wolf is a writer, wife, mother of three and a teacher. Originally from Wisconsin, Sarah lives with her family outside Nashville, Tennessee.

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      Wrong Neighborhood - Sarah Parker Wolf

      Wrong Neighborhood: Two Short Stories

      by Sarah Parker Wolf

      Copyright 2014 Sarah Parker Wolf

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      Table of Contents

      OnCamera

      Moving Day

      About Sarah Parker Wolf

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      On Camera

      I should have known better. I did know better. But I was taken, swept up, rapt from the very beginning. My instinct is to tell you that she was like a car crash – something I couldn’t keep my eyes off even though I knew it wasn’t a good idea to take a closer look. But that wouldn’t be giving you the whole picture. She was more than that. She was a motorcycle. Not a low, rumbling, ageless Harley. No, she was a crotchrocket, excuse the expression, all polished and lacquered on the outside, but inside, full of speed and ambition and completely irresistible to an average guy like me.

      Her name was Stacy Sterling, at least that’s what she told me. Now after replaying the whole ordeal in my mind, I’m inclined not to believe her. But three days ago,

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