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Nicholas Hochstedler
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in Pleasant Lake, The United States
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John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Emma Cline, Hunter S. Thompson, Ken
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War in October
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2016
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The Peony Sutra
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The Stars Above
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Happy October 24th!
Happy October 24th! On this day in War in October, Walter makes hist most important decision. Here's the prelude to the 24th and final chapter of my first novel, War in October:
As October draws to a close in Northeast Indiana, the leaves take their final breaths, colors growing brighter until the early winter winds claim their lives. Spiders weave webs on fallen dead maples near building corners a Read more of this blog post »
As October draws to a close in Northeast Indiana, the leaves take their final breaths, colors growing brighter until the early winter winds claim their lives. Spiders weave webs on fallen dead maples near building corners a Read more of this blog post »
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“And I know just’s well as anybody that if you control a man’s space and time then you control his whole goddamn life: he’s a goner, cause hell, there ain’t nothin’ for him to do in space and time but make the few choices he can make with what he got.”
― War in October
― War in October
“Thing about being free is, comes a point where you can't turn back, even if you wanted to....Even if you wanted to, they wouldn't take you. You've gone to far.”
― War in October
― War in October
“And I know just’s well as anybody that if you control a man’s space and time then you control his whole goddamn life: he’s a goner, cause hell, there ain’t nothin’ for him to do in space and time but make the few choices he can make with what he got.”
― War in October
― War in October
“Thing about being free is, comes a point where you can't turn back, even if you wanted to....Even if you wanted to, they wouldn't take you. You've gone to far.”
― War in October
― War in October
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