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    Old Soldiers
    Old Soldiers
    Old Soldiers
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    Old Soldiers

    By Kit Reed

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    In the room across the hall the old soldier shouts, just as he has done for years... And behind her, something in the shadows stirs. "One of our brightest cultural commentators" --Publishers Weekly

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisherinfinity plus
    Release dateOct 15, 2011
    ISBN9781465834607
    Old Soldiers
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    Kit Reed

    Kit Reed was the author of more than a dozen novels; her last book, Mormama, was published in 2017. Her short novel Little Sisters of the Apocalypse and the collection Weird Women, Wired Women were both finalists for the Otherwise/James Tiptree, Jr. Award. Her short fiction was published in various anthologies and magazines including Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The Yale Review, and The Kenyon Review. She also wrote psychological thrillers under the name Kit Craig. She died in 2017.  

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      Old Soldiers - Kit Reed

      Old Soldiers

      Kit Reed

      infinity plus singles #5

      Published by infinity plus at Smashwords

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      © Kit Reed 2001, 2011

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      Old Soldiers

      It's supposed to be pretty in the place where Jane's grandmother lives; it says so in the Palmshine brochure. The pages are filled with photos of nice old ladies in the bright Florida sunlight, laughing and flirting with spunky old men in airy rooms. The sun is always high when Jane goes to visit Gram, but shadows fall as soon as she walks in the front door.

      She's here because her mother can't bear to come. If Jane asks why, her mother starts crying. She says, She isn't who she used to be, but that isn't the real reason.

      She isn't dead either, Jane snaps. Oh, Mom, it is so awful there.

      Don't say that! It's the best we could find.

      I just wish we could...

      When her mother's lips tighten like that she

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