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    Festivity: Minute Reads
    Festivity: Minute Reads
    Festivity: Minute Reads
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    Festivity: Minute Reads

    By Shawn L. Bird

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    This is a 2 minute read.

     

    To her terror, Nadia discovers her locked car in the parking lot is full of balloons.  Is it time to run again?

     

    Stories in the MINUTE READS collection are perfect little breaks in your day when you don't have time or focus for a longer read.

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLintusen Press
    Release dateMar 31, 2021
    ISBN9781989642146
    Festivity: Minute Reads
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    Shawn L. Bird

    Shawn L. Bird is an author, poet, and educator from the interior of British Columbia, Canada.

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