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I pull open the curtains. This bed. This day. The sun floods in. I close my eyes and breathe in the light. Birthday candles and long ago summer days. A glimmer of hope in the darkness that consumes me.We have Ian Ayris at BEAT to a PULP with "By the Dim and Flaring Lamps."
Next: Lina Zeldovich's "Believe."
Then: The final story of the year, "The Quick... and the Dead" written by, well, you just have to wait and see.
Don't forget BEAT to a PULP: Round One makes a terrific Christmas present.