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Shadows Within the Fog

Benjamin Haymond

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“There in those moments beside her, I discovered a world so infinitely large that my past with its disappointments and insecurities seemed insignificant.”

“The circumstances from the past never allowed me to be anything but a witness beyond your first wedding. Maybe you can finally break this curse and we can all go home. Keep the picture! I hope I will find relief from your story!”

“Patty was the most religious of all of us. She was a devout Catholic. As a child, she once told my father that she wanted to enter into a convent so she could protect the rest of us from damnation. He found it charming. I didn’t.”

“Love destroys people. It’s emotional heroin. Not that I know much about shooting up.”

“Later, I left the solitude of those forests and traveled until I came upon a city on the Regnitz River in north Franconia shortly before it flows into the Main River. The city was Bamberg. I arrived to find a world readying for the final days. The weather had turned cold, crops had failed, and people were hungry.”

“Hilde giggled. “I have lived for over a thousand years, dearie. I know certain things.” Outside, a crow was laughing.”

“For how long had Magdeburg avoided the epic tragedy that had befallen so many other cities? That I can’t say. But the day calamity first descended unto the city was a calm one. It came in place of the holy spirit on Pentecost.”

“Exes returning made for good gossip but burdened everyone involved. Katie knew firsthand, the horror of the returning ex. But she hoped she would be different.”

“Before meeting her, I didn’t believe in love at first sight. But after meeting her, I no longer believed that I had not believed in love at first sight. As soon as I looked into her eyes, I might have heard Jeff Healy crooning about what I did or said to turn her angel eyes my way in the back of my mind.”

“... ,God and I had an agreement that I would leave him alone and he would leave me alone. But now I needed him. I was in love with Katie and I knew it was real.”

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Book Keywords:

magical-realism, humorous, fantasy, love-story, historical-fiction, gothic, gothic-romance, romance, humor, fiction, historical, magical-realsim

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