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    The Party
    The Party
    The Party
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    The Party

    By John Dodsworth

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    This story revolves around a mysterious party taking place in the wake of an awful pandemic...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Dodsworth
    Release dateNov 18, 2020
    ISBN9781005340896
    The Party
    Author

    John Dodsworth

    Former political staffer whose passion for writing and alcohol has fueled a life of many triumphs and failures alike.

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      The Party - John Dodsworth

      THE PARTY

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2020 by John Wiber

      By

      John Dodsworth

      This party is lame.

      Jacques says this statement to no one in particular, his eyes remaining focused on the clock above the Rembrandt painting hung upon the wall, musing over the elegance of the print, which is without a doubt an authentic original, and the fact it had been hung so haphazardly upon the wall without so much as a single protective layering seemed an atrocious affront to the art itself, which resonated a certain sort of dread inside him. He turns from the painting then, catching the eyes of two nameless guests of the party. The two men both avert their

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