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Sawn-Off Tales

by David Gaffney · 2006

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David Gaffney's compact, surreal tales are filled with poignancy and wit. Each story goes off like a tiny depth charge in the mind, leaving you with the trace memory of some new urban myth - comic, absurd and disturbingly true.

Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Mood
surrealsurrealMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 128 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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