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    Nihilism Sucks: Of Human Hope and Larry’s Hail Mary Pass in the Craigslist Personals
    Nihilism Sucks: Of Human Hope and Larry’s Hail Mary Pass in the Craigslist Personals
    Nihilism Sucks: Of Human Hope and Larry’s Hail Mary Pass in the Craigslist Personals
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    Nihilism Sucks: Of Human Hope and Larry’s Hail Mary Pass in the Craigslist Personals

    By Paul Hawkins

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    Nine comic short-shorts deleted at the last moment from "Leaves of Grass" by an alternate timeline Walt Whitman. What was he thinking?!? His loss is your gain. For a limited time only this rare collection can be yours for free! Take that, Nietzsche, you worn-out grumpus. Life is funny. Includes the title story, "The Wishing Bird," "Phil Lamont: Attorney for the Damned," and more!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaul Hawkins
    Release dateJul 9, 2012
    ISBN9781476157054
    Nihilism Sucks: Of Human Hope and Larry’s Hail Mary Pass in the Craigslist Personals
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    Paul Hawkins

    American author. I am happy to be a child of the space age and I still set my sights on great things. I put humor in everything I write because that is my disposition. If I chronicle the 20th century it is only because I have not given up on the 21st.

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      Nihilism Sucks - Paul Hawkins

      Nihilism Sucks: Of Human Hope and Larry’s Hail Mary Pass in the Craigslist Personals (and other stories)

      @2012 Paul Hawkins

      Smashwords Edition, copyright 2012, Paul Hawkins

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes: This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      CONTENTS:

      Nihilism Sucks

      The Bad Astronauts

      Dear American English Teacher

      Phil Lamont - Attorney for the Damned

      Pied Piper 3000

      The New Atlantis

      The Wishing Bird

      Love Poem on a Grain of Rice

      Of Luck and Grommets

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