
One Last Brushstroke Before Sobriety
Short Stories by Mike DeFrench
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Mike DeFrench
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Joseph isn't a painter. He's a junkie.
Well...he was getting clean. Was clean, for a while. But then he started seeing it....
An abomination that threatens all life on Earth.
And only he can stop it, by painting.
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