Tuesday, May 19th, 2020

2020/052: The Monsters of Templeton -- Lauren Groff
I managed a glimpse of myself, and saw my features were dark and veiled. I knew then it was my good ghost, the indirect watcher over my life, that had for now slipped around me. I’d become the yolk in an egg; I’d become one human bone, my body at the marrow and the ghost surrounding it, tense as flesh. [p. 304]


On the day that Wilhelmina -- 'Willie' -- Upton returns to her hometown, Templeton, the corpse of a prehistoric beast floats to the surface of the lake. no spoilers )

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