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Devon Brown won't eat in the school caf (a germ swamp). He covers his hands before opening doors, eats things in groups of four (his lucky number), and hangs up his shirts (with all their buttons buttoned) by color. Some kids say Devon's crazy, but he knows better—these are the tricks that keep bad things from happening, and he can't imagine giving them up. Devon calls it "controlling things." His doctor calls it obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Red Paint calls itself "the friendliest town in Maine," a place where everyone knows one another and nothing too disturbing ever happens. Native son Simon Howe is a sturdy family man—a good father and husband—and owner-editor of the town's newspaper. Because there's rarely any real news, he runs stories about Virgin Mary sightings, high school reunions, and petty criminals.
One day Simon's predictable and peaceful life is disrupted by the arrival...
One day Simon's predictable and peaceful life is disrupted by the arrival...
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The Other Side of Silence is a collection of short fiction by award-winning writer George Harrar.
The stories include "The 5:22," which won the Carson McCullers Prize from Story magazine and was selected for the 1999 edition of Best American Short Stories. Also included are stories that appeared in Story Quarterly, Sideshow Anthology, Reed Magazine, DASH, Eclectic Literary Forum, and Gemini Magazine (prize-winner). "Chapter One" is the beginning...