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Marc Anthony Richardson

Marc Anthony Richardson
Artist and novelist
www.marcanthonyrichardson.com
Literature

Year of the Rat

An excerpt from Marc Anthony Richardson’s experimental novel

April 5, 2023 • by Marc Anthony Richardson
... it had a semi-prehensile tail that nearly snaked a forearm like an opossum’s or a cat’s, but it was a gargantuan rat’s ......

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