• China Beach and the Marble Mountains

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    There’s a buzz that reverberates through the little town of Non Nuoc. A shrill energetic hum that seemingly has no single source. Rather, it comes at you from every nook and cranny, every side street and alleyway. Literally bouncing off the walls. An industrious, dusty hum that fills the day, the only reprieve coming at

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  • The birthday party

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    She could feel Katie hovering around, pretending to be doing something. Making out that she hadn’t noticed the box, the gold ribbons, the silver paper, her secret activity in the corner of the room. Until curiosity and impatience won out as usual. “Is that for me?” “Yeah.” “Can I see it?” “No! It’s a surprise.”

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  • My Son Ruins

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    It’s eight a.m. and our car is winding it’s way uphill through a cold, grey drizzle. In the damp of the morning, we’ve passed silently through a strange landscape that shifts unexpectedly from the impossible green of the coffee plantations, to the deep, terracotta orange of the soil that provides the raw material for the

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