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    Stupor's Consequence and Other Stories
    Stupor's Consequence and Other Stories
    Stupor's Consequence and Other Stories
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    Stupor's Consequence and Other Stories

    By Karin Ladyka

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    In the sadistic story, "A Friend," Randy's own vulnerability is revealed to him when he has a run-in with Denny, a mentally disturbed man looking for long-term friendship.
    The town drunk can't handle the emotional turmoil of the consequences of an emotional evening in, "Stupors Consequence".
    "Letting Go," shows Billie's emotional drive from California to Michigan after the death of her mother.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKarin Ladyka
    Release dateJan 31, 2019
    Stupor's Consequence and Other Stories
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    Karin Ladyka

    Karin Ladyka is a novelist from Detroit, Michigan. Karin writes Young Adult fiction as well as fiction for children. Karin is earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing at Full Sail University. Her writing career began in 2009, when she was entered into a Michigan-wide Student Publication contest and won, having a short story published in KALEIDOSCOPE.

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      Stupor's Consequence and Other Stories - Karin Ladyka

      Stupor’s Consequence

      And Other Stories

      Written by Karin Ladyka

      Stupor’s Consequence

      And Other Stories

      By Karin Ladyka

      Copyright 2019 Karin Ladyka

      Smashwords Edition

      Table of Contents

      A Friend

      Stupor’s Consequence

      Letting Go

      About The Author

      A Friend

      Early Sunday morning Randy’s mother ripped him from his Nintendo system, dragged him from the T.V. and put him in the beat-up car to accompany her to the market for their weekly shopping trip. Randy didn’t like these Sunday trips with his mother, but he knew they were important to her and so he complied. On this particular Sunday, Randy chose to bring his allowance that he had been saving up for the past three weeks to purchase some comic books for himself. This Sunday was special, because it was his birthday, and so he chose to treat himself.

      Once at the store, Randy and his mother parted ways to their separate ends of the market. Randy weaved through the lines of people and small crowds surrounding different tables until he finally got to his destination. The grumpy looking teenager behind the table sat uninterested, a pair of headphones over his dark hair. While Randy fumbled through each stack of comic books, he was acutely aware of the person standing

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