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Tag: Thomas Pluck

“The Forest for the Trees” by Thomas Pluck

Sirens echoed off the towering oaks of Branch Brook Park. Paulie ignored them. They’d find the wreck soon enough. Cherry blossoms made a white belt across the rolling green. He slid under a bough. The petals left confetti in his hair. Was it this one? He ran his sticky, stained fingers over the bark. No. […]

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