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Compressed Novel

Matthew Mahaney

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Prologue

Trees. Seasons. Birds. Symbolism.

Chapter

Childhood home.

Chapter

Clouded breath and stinging hands.

Chapter

Memories of the snow-sifted forest, small plastic sled erasing the scattered tracks of local rabbits.

Chapter

Headaches and vertigo. Thoughts of antlers, axes.

Epilogue

Eavesdropping on parents’ quiet conversations. The locusts’ steady rasp.

Matthew Mahaney was born in one place, grew up in another, and has since lived in several more. He currently lives in Tuscaloosa, where he is an MFA candidate at the University of Alabama. Other work appears or is forthcoming in Alice Blue Review, Caketrain, GlitterPony, Indiana Review, Jellyfish, Redivider, and Sentence.