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    Penetralia
    Penetralia
    Penetralia
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    Penetralia

    By Hari Navarro

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    "Do you know what happens when you stare into television static?"
    "I don't have a television."
    "Christ! That's right, I'm sorry. You know, I could get you one. It'd be no problem. Actually, it would be a bit of a problem—no electricity, zero reception—but I could sort something out. I could make it work."
    "I'm good, my eyes have long since deflated and now sit folded like rotting sheets in the fouled cup of their sockets, anyhow."
    "Wow..."
    "What?"
    "Nothing."
    "What?"
    "Just you're... um, very descriptive."
    "Well, I have had a long time to sit here and paint the things that I cannot see."
    "Do they hurt? Your eyes? Do you hurt??"
    "Nothing hurts. Nothing is anything, not anymore. But you know that."

    When innermost thoughts and feelings are laid bare, you must face the truth.

    Psychological thriller from Hari Navarro. Dialogue competition winner.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlack Hare Press
    Release dateJun 27, 2021
    ISBN9798201156732
    Penetralia

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      Penetralia - Hari Navarro

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      Available from Black Hare Press in 2021

      DIALOGUE

      PENETRALIA by HARI NAVARRO

      METAPHORIA by K.B. ELIJAH

      DAMNED DWELLING by CHRIS HEWITT

      COLLOQUY

      INVESTIGATION FILE 79312AI7603 by CHRIS BANNOR

      HUSKY by LIAM HOGAN

      THE GOBLIN AND THE GIRL by M. LEIGH

      ROOM AND SOUL by EMILY WILCOX

      THE TOAD STONE by TIM MENDEES

      Black Hare Press

      linktr.ee/blackharepress

      PENETRALIA title is

      Copyright © 2021 HARI NAVARRO

      First published in Australia in June 2021 by Black Hare Press

      The author retains the copyright of the works

      featured in this publication.

      All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. No part of this production may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher and copyright owner.

      Formatted by Ben Thomas

      Cover design by Dawn Burdett

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      Penetralia

      About the Author

      About the Publisher

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      Penetralia

      D o you know what happens when you stare into television static?

      "I don’t have a television."

      Christ! That’s right, I’m sorry. You know, I could get you one. It’d be no problem. Actually, it would be a bit of a problem. No electricity, zero reception, but I could sort something out. I could make it work.

      "I’m good. My eyes have long since deflated and now sit folded like rotting sheets in the fouled cup of

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