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Skin to Skin
Fiction, Flash Sam "One-Wheel" O'Neil Fiction, Flash Sam "One-Wheel" O'Neil

Skin to Skin

Rain had just begun to seep through Paul’s hooded sweatshirt, but he still didn’t move. Silently, still, unblinking. How long had it been? 30 years? Flashes of pain and fear and shame flooded his mind, overrunning decades of mental blocks and repression that had served as levees until this night.

This is where it happened.

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The Gift that Keeps on Taking: 2021 Year-End Review
Updates, Life, Non-fiction Sam "One-Wheel" O'Neil Updates, Life, Non-fiction Sam "One-Wheel" O'Neil

The Gift that Keeps on Taking: 2021 Year-End Review

This post was originally planned to be a simple recap of the books I’ve read this year and some brief spoiler-free reviews… well, it’s morphed into something more comprehensive; it exposes more of me than this blog was ever intended to, but my hope is that you, dear reader, will find it more worthwhile and helpful as a result.

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