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Heatwave

by Victor Jestin · 2021

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After witnessing the suicide of a popular boy on a playground at night and doing nothing to stop him, a panicked teenager drags the body to the beach and buries it, becoming trapped in a guilt spiral.

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adult
Length
short · 112 pages

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