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Arg, Sarah Layden!

Posted on August 25, 2018June 11, 2019 by Beth Bates

 I don't love flash fiction. But when Indy literary pal Sarah Layden offered me her ARC of The Story I Tell Myself About Myself to preview, I was all in. She's such a peach and her debut novel, Trip Through Your Wires, such a tasty treat, I jumped on the opportunity to lose myself in … Continue reading Arg, Sarah Layden!

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