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A short story

Cecil Adkins
Nov 8 · 17 min read
Photo by Yoann Boyer on Unsplash

CONTENT WARNING: Language & adult themes

I saw my friend Nathan’s life fall apart two years ago, during the hottest summer ever to hit our small city of Jacob’s Ladder. Temperatures soared to well over a hundred for more than a month, but to blame Nathan’s boiling blood on that would be ridiculous. The truth is, what happened was perfectly natural and understandable — which…

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Cecil Adkins

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