Requiem for the Bone Man

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R. A. Comunale M.D.. Requiem for the Bone Man

CHAPTER 1. The Calling

CHAPTER 2. Chrysalis

CHAPTER 3. Butterfly

CHAPTER 4. Sisyphus

CHAPTER 5. Non Ho Figlio

CHAPTER 6. Bittersweet

CHAPTER 7. Crescendo

CHAPTER 8. Pavane

CHAPTER 9. What If?

CHAPTER 10. Middle Ground

CHAPTER 11. Slippery Slope

CHAPTER 12. Epiphany

CHAPTER 13. The Legend of Bald Head Island

CHAPTER 14. No Good Deed

CHAPTER 15. Rebirth

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He was eight years old when the dead lady found him.

He and Angelo had been watching the old Mustache Petes playing bocce in front of Myers Tavern, their baggy patched pants held up by suspenders, twisting and turning like grotesque ballerinas, as they pitched the wooden ball while the two boys laughed at the sight. But Youth is easily bored by Age, so they quickly ditched the game to sneak through the trash-filled alleyway between the tavern and the timeworn row houses that fronted the river. They slid down the muddy bank to walk along the shallow waterway toward the concrete bridge abutments. It was fun to hunt there for coins, buttons, and soda pop bottles to redeem at the store for money.

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Quickly, while her Antonio was still at work, she walked to the post office and paid the twelve cents to the man behind the window. She used the pennies she had saved from the laundry and sewing work she did for the housemistress and other boarders. She added a silent prayer to go with the letter. She wanted to hurry back. Antonio did not like her being out at all, now that he knew she was carrying their child.

When she turned to leave the building, the pain hit her and she collapsed to the floor.

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