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The Strange and the Beautiful
- A Collection of Short Stories
- Narrated by: Natsumi Bailey
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Anthologies & Short Stories
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Summary
Is this real? Do strange things happen to everyone else, or do they just happen to me? Take a peek into what happens when the world just doesn't feel right. When the unexplained happens. Diverse, suspenseful, and intense stories mainly starring mixed-race females, fill The Strange and the Beautiful.
The Strange and the Beautiful is a collection of six short stories written by Natsumi Bailey. It is her debut collection.
This collection includes:
- Dead People Don't Wear Shoes
- The Conservatory
- That Slow, Subtle Change That Occurred so Invisibly You Don't Even Know When it Happened, or The Wrangled Mind
- The Chiropractor
- Nothing to Lose
- Harvest