This Month’s Short Story
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The Palace Hotel
Even the road to nowhere ends up somewhere.
Diana sits in a roadhouse in the middle of nowhere.
An oasis in the desert with great lattes.
At a crossroad. With a decision to make.
Will she take the road less travelled?
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