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The Neighbors Are Different
Title Note: This story was also released earlier as We Are Different.
A DarkSF Short Story by John Argo
Welcome to the zone of the macabre and dangerous. You don't have to travel to outer space to meet the strangest people. Ask Charley Hart, a well-off young computer nerd and peeping tom. Marie Compton is the attractive woman across the street, targeted in Charley's telescope, but she has him in her cross-hairs for an entirely different and shocking purpose you'll never guess.
Charley Hart is tormented by guilt, even as he exercises the secret and dangerous pleasures nature has chosen for him. But nature has grand designs that humans cannot guess. And sometimes, when you learn the truth, it's already too late. Charley Hart is different enough to start with. The neighbors aren't so far out out of this world… just far out at sea.
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Read Free at my online bookshop (Galley City dot com). Short stories are free as of 2020. You can read the first half free, with the option to buy the whole book (if you wish) for the mere cost of a cup of coffee. A cup of latte is gone in minutes, but the e-book is yours forever. Print editions also priced as low as overhead will permit. Enjoy a good read, tell your friends, leave a favorable review online, and post on social media. The author appreciates your kindness. Thank you!
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