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Invisible Gases

by Amy Chu

text only: I wanted to be all right with dying. Before, I tried not to think about it. I refused faith in any institution or the afterlife because seeking comfort is the last defense. Comfort, I thought, was flimsier than acceptance and more effortful than ignorance. After all, death is a fact.
A party scene: The author, a girl with dark hair, leaning against the wall, in conversation with a boy standing across from her. He looks shyly at a book titled LIBRA. She says: Are you a Libra? Text: I gestured to a book on the coffee table. Libra, by Don DeLillo, follows the fictional life of the man who assassinated John F. Kennedy Jr. He says: No, I’m a Scorpio but the same author wrote my favorite book-- White Noise.

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