Mom and F., reunited. She always said it was a bad picture of him, and it was.
Mom in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the ghosts piling on.
Mom on Palm Beach, Australia. One of my favorite pictures of her.
ALSO BY MARK SLOUKA
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Lost Lake: Stories
War of the Worlds: Cyberspace and
the High-tech Assault on Reality
Copyright © 2016 by Mark Slouka
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