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Saltmarsh Recital

Saltmarsh Recital

Rowan AskewhiatusmatureOriginal
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Horrorcold settingunreliable narrator
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The village choir has performed the same piece every solstice for two hundred years. This year, for the first time, someone writes the music down — and discovers the sixth part has no singer and never has.

Rowan Askew
Three novels, one finished. Writes slowly about cold places. Fridays, usually.

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