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    My Papa's Mascara
    My Papa's Mascara
    My Papa's Mascara
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    My Papa's Mascara

    By DL Stone

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    It's an old family secret, or a repressed memory. It's buried into humanity, and clawing its way out simultaneously. A man becomes a boy again standing over the casket of his Papa. But when he was a boy is when all the trouble started. "The funeral home was closed. After all the gawkers had gone home for the night I came out of my hiding spot behind the metal chairs in . . .

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDL Stone
    Release dateJun 27, 2011
    My Papa's Mascara
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    DL Stone

    The shock and awe of everyday life. The strange and familiar. All of this comes alive in my fiction. I am a southern writer that wants to follow in the footsteps of modern southern writers like Ron Rash and Daniel Woodrell.

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      My Papa's Mascara - DL Stone

      My Papa's Mascara

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      DL Stone

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      Copyright© 2011 by DL Stone

      Published on Smashwords by DL Stone

      Visit the Author at http://historyofashes.blogspot.com/

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only, but feel free to share it with friends. You paid nothing for this work so please help the author by visiting his site, reading some of his other work, and giving a review. Read more of my stories. There all great, believe me, I wrote them.

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