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    A Boy Called Stephany
    A Boy Called Stephany
    A Boy Called Stephany
    Ebook38 pages21 minutes

    A Boy Called Stephany

    By C. Sean McGee

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    A short parable about a small boy releasing the girl within. But could something far more sinister be lurking beneath?

    A distastefully witty tale of horror.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherC. Sean McGee
    Release dateMar 23, 2018
    ISBN9781370294527
    A Boy Called Stephany
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    C. Sean McGee

    "I write weird books."

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      A Boy Called Stephany - C. Sean McGee

      A Boy Called Stephany

      a parable by

      C. Sean McGee

      A Boy Called Stephany

      Copyright© C. Sean McGee

      CSM Publishing

      Published at Smashwords

      Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil 2018

      First Edition

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means including photocopying, recording, scanning or digital information storage and retrieval without permission from the author.

      This short story was inspired by the song Trains by Porcupine Tree

      Negation

      Steven was always a little off. Even as a baby, there was something about him that was odd; it wasn’t, though, the type of thing you could easily put your finger on. It wasn’t obvious like an overbite or a conjoined twin, but there was always something about him that didn’t feel right.

      At recess you could find him chasing imaginary dinosaurs down the smallest slides and fending off giant spiders by the sandpit with his two magic sticks; while in class he was quiet, always sitting at the seat closest to the door.

      Steven didn’t have any friends

      You’re too short, the other children would say. And you talk stupid too.

      The other kids were bastards to say the least, and they tormented the poor boy with insults and horrible rhymes, calling him all sorts of cruel names; only half of which were true. The songs though were the worst.

      Giant baby, stupid and crazy; face like a monkey’s bum. Giant baby, ugly, and lazy; crazy, stupid, and dumb.

      Almost as bad was that one girl who held his hand in the afternoons for no good reason; her name was Stephany, but they weren’t friends either.

      None of this ever once disparaged Steven, though. No matter what anyone

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