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Keith – Novel extract

While the barman pulled my beer, I looked around. Nearby, waiting to be served next, was a large man in a polo shirt and shorts, fingering his wallet. The bar lights made shadows on his face and chest, accentuating his size. On the side of the bar was a door, obviously to the pokie room. [...]
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Fiver

His lenses are dark and large, gold framed, straight from the 70s. The ones moustachioed detectives in American cop shows wore. He wears them indoors, on the bus and train, eye-hiding and cool. His beard is slow growing but he wouldn’t think of leaving home unshaven. He squirts a blob of shaving cream into the [...]
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