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Frontier Death Song

by Laird Barron

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Night descended on Interstate-90 as I crossed over into the Badlands. Real raw weather for October. Snow dusted the asphalt and picnic tables of the deserted rest area. The scene was virginal as death.

In Oct. 2012 (Issue 1)

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