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Roanoke Review

Volume XLV

Evan Sheldon

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September 15, 2018 September 15, 2018/ Roanoke Review

β€œHe conjures the fire 
again and again every 
night and huddles near her while shadows 
leap and dance and menace 
on the alley walls.”

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