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    Anatomy of an Excuse: flash fiction and short film adaptation
    Anatomy of an Excuse: flash fiction and short film adaptation
    Anatomy of an Excuse: flash fiction and short film adaptation
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    Anatomy of an Excuse: flash fiction and short film adaptation

    By K.J. Pierce

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    NOTE: This story / script contains swearing. A woman finds herself bound to a chair following an argument with her long-term boyfriend. Left to her own devices, the woman must make peace with her own internal struggles before she is able to recognize that love and acceptance only come when she relinquishes her need for control.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherK.J. Pierce
    Release dateAug 30, 2016
    ISBN9781370521845
    Anatomy of an Excuse: flash fiction and short film adaptation
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    K.J. Pierce

    K.J. Pierce is a jack of all trades. This, perhaps, makes her master of none, but her interests are varied enough she doesn’t mind. Her main goal in life is to understand the human condition, which she’s explored, in part, in Fractured: essays on love, friendship, and the nightmares in between, her eBook of Creative Nonfiction. She holds a BA in English Literature/Creative Writing from Agnes Scott College and a MLitt in The Gothic Imagination from the University of Stirling. K.J. currently lives in central Florida with her cat, Dorian Gray, who lives up to his name by striving to be the state’s most prolific lizard serial killer.

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