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Meltdown, Chapter XI

Meltdown, Chapter XI

A pivotal flashback reveal and an important shift in the story...

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Michael D. Moore
Nov 19, 2023
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Two elements were part of my original plan from the beginning 40 years ago. The first was Deborah’s confrontation of Matt before he left his little dump in Pittsburgh, the description of which, by the way, has many elements that came directly from a 40-year-old recollection of my house in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. The beer cans were actually fictional…

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