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    The Way We Weren't
    The Way We Weren't
    The Way We Weren't
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    The Way We Weren't

    By Karen Stollznow

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    When Tess comes home from the hospital after developing amnesia from an accident, Tom notices that his wife’s memories don’t seem to be her own.

    As her condition worsens, Tom seeks an explanation. Is this a case of reincarnation? Multiple personality disorder? Or demonic possession?

    He is unprepared for the shocking truth behind her emerging personality.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKaren Stollznow
    Release dateMay 10, 2020
    ISBN9780463966044
    The Way We Weren't
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    Karen Stollznow

    Bestselling author Karen Stollznow's non-fiction works include Missed Conceptions: How We Make Sense of Infertility; On the Offensive: Prejudice in Language Past and Present; Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic; God Bless America; Haunting America, and Would You Believe It? Her fiction includes the anthology Fisher's Ghost and Other Stories; the novel Hits & Mrs.; and the short stories Unforeseen Circumstances; Don't Leave Me; Welcome Home; The Dark Road; I Am Me; Room for One More: Lord Dufferin's Tale; The Screaming Skull; The Way We Weren't; Leap of Faith (The Guardian Angel); and Oliver & Olivia.A host of the popular science podcast Monster Talk, she has spent many years investigating urban legends and folklore. A Doctor of Linguistics, she has taught at several universities in the United States and Australia. She was formerly a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, and is currently a researcher at Griffith University. Karen was born in Sydney, Australia, and she currently lives in Denver, Colorado.

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      Book preview

      The Way We Weren't - Karen Stollznow

      The Way We Weren’t

      (A Short Story)

      By Karen Stollznow

      Copyright © Karen Stollznow 2020

      All Rights Reserved

      www.karenstollznow.com

      Front cover design: Matthew Baxter

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      Also by Karen Stollznow

      Unforeseen Circumstances

      Don’t Leave Me

      I Am Me

      The Dark Road

      Welcome Home

      Room For One More

      Legend of the Screaming Skull

      Would You Believe It?

      Hits & Mrs.

      God Bless America

      Haunting America

      Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic

      Has her memory returned yet? Tom asked.

      The doctor shook his head.

      Brain injuries are unpredictable, he replied. Each patient’s situation is unique, but in most cases, amnesia resolves itself over time.

      Tom nodded gravely.

      The doctor shook Tom’s hand and left. The couple was alone in the room.

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