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    Caroline: A Short Story
    Caroline: A Short Story
    Caroline: A Short Story
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    Caroline: A Short Story

    By Andre Farant

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    About this ebook

    Caroline is a strange and darkly funny love story.

    It is a full-length short story and includes a bonus preview of my second novel, Surviving Immortality, available as of August, 2012.

    Please do leave a review and/or contact me.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndre Farant
    Release dateMay 13, 2012
    ISBN9781476190334
    Caroline: A Short Story
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    Andre Farant

    I studied English Literature at Carleton University. Since then I have developed an indescribably aimless resume. I have worked as a security guard, a Court Services Officer, a model, an actor, a teacher of English as a second language, a project coordinator for an NGO, and a Research Officer with the Government of Canada. I have eaten whale in Iceland, live octopus in South Korea, and beaver tail in Canada. I am a working writer and have had pieces published in Micro Horror, Weird Year, The Midwest Literary Magazine, and the “Off Season” anthology. I currently reside in Montreal, Quebec.

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      Caroline - Andre Farant

      Caroline

      By Andre Farant

      Copyright 2012 Andre Farant

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      Caroline

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      Surviving Immortality Preview

      Caroline

      The hand lay nestled between a packet of veal cutlets and a slab of beef short ribs. Though Andrew usually avoided the meat aisle of the grocery store, he passed its breezy and bloody display on his way to the dairy section. His attention had been arrested by what appeared to be human flesh and he'd looked closer. It was definitely a hand and, like the meat with which it shared the refrigeration unit, it rested upon a Styrofoam plate and had been wrapped in cellophane. A price sticker was affixed to its plastic covering just above the ring finger.

      Andrew glanced around, wondered if he'd been targeted by some juvenile prankster. Shoppers plucked items from shelves, pushed wobbly-wheeled carts, read through crumpled grocery lists and dog-eared coupon books, but none paid Andrew any attention. He found a store employee, the man's white smock stained with blood both fresh and old.

      Why is that there? Andrew asked.

      Oh, those are on sale, the man said. But don’t worry, you can freeze ’em and they'll be fine until you thaw ’em out.

      Once the man had gone, Andrew drew the hand from its frigid bed. The fingers were slender, the nails long and shapely, the bones and veins barely visible; a young woman's hand. He placed it in his basket and covered it with a packet of whole wheat tortilla wraps.

      *

      Working carefully, he pulled at the cellophane, worried its semi-adhesive edges with his finger nails. The plastic wrap came away like dead skin. Gently and with a tea towel to cover his own fingers, Andrew transferred the hand from its Styrofoam backing to a dinner plate on his kitchen table. He sat and, after a moment, wrapped the towel around the ragged stump of the hand's wrist. That looked good, as though an arm, a shoulder, a body might exist beyond that towel.

      The hand was clean and, besides the obvious trauma that had removed it from its owner, it was without scars or injuries. The nails looked healthy and well cared for; the knuckles were smooth

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