Chapter 10 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “The Dangling Conversation,” April 22, 2024 ISABELLE: “It’s way beyond causal curiosity, I mean we sit on this quiet bench in this amazing park night after night talking about anything and everything and you never mention her, not …
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Chapter 9 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “The Dangling Conversation,” December 29, 2022 KYLE: “They’re not the same and in your heart, you know it’s true. Just look at other people, experience is the ultimate arbitrator. Relationships start out magical with no complaints or complications, …
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Chapter 8 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “The Dangling Conversation,” April 22, 2022. KYLE: “It is a big deal, especially given it leads to awkward misunderstandings. So, I ask you again, is he a “Tu,” or a “Vous?” It maybe seems a silly play on …
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Chapter 7 from the R.M. Dolin’s novel, “The Dangling Conversation,” March 15, 2024 – The conclusion of chapter 6, Damaged Goods KYLE: “I think it best we let it lay.” ISABELLE: “No, you don’t just drop a dime about a ghost that almost kills you, …
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Chapter 6 of R.M. Dolin’s novel “The Dangling Conversation,” February 22, 2024 – Part 1 of 2, see conclusion in The Ghosts Within ISABELLE: “As a matter of fact, I do, usually just before dawn when night’s causally quiet and I’m awake with this unsettled …
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Chapter 5 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “The Dangling Conversation,” April 2, 2023 ISABELLE: “Yes, I remember what you said, but what’s happened, happened, so, there’s no point pointing fingers. Besides, I’m technically not seeing him, it’s more like I’m seeing him sometimes. When I …
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Chapter 4 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “The Dangling Conversation,” April 4, 2024 KYLE: “I am but in a good way. Its long-ride day; eighty-miles of mostly flat seldom traveled tree-lined country roads with occasional tractors and uber smart cows skilled at escape. When the …
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Chapter 3 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “The Dangling Conversation,” March 31, 2022. The short story that became the basis for the novel. KYLE: “I did in fact think about what you said and I’m not gonna lie, you’ve got no damn business being so …
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Chapter 2 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “The Dangling Conversation,” March 14, 2024 ISABELLE: “Ya gotta love this park, perfectly placed bench, crystal clear night sky, the only thing missing is a blood orange moon to cast us in a surreal sense something either magical …
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Chapter 1 of the R.M. Dolin novel “The Dangling Conversation,” March 17, 2024 ISABELLE: “Murray stop! I am so sorry; I tell him not to do that to strangers, but does he listen? I’m Isabelle by the way and he’s, obviously Murray. My friends call …
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