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What the Machine Reads True

by M. Coronado

A broken tone-translator reads the truth beneath every word — except the ones Diego never says. A story about the cruelest thing you can do to someone you love: nothing.


Ana — The Envelope Weighs Nothing

The shoe has been by the door for four years and moving it would mean one of us admitted she's not coming back.

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