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NIGHT ROLL is now available to pre-order and will be released on October 15, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

\u201cI had my bike back, and I was riding alone. It was dusk. A damp wind. At first I couldn\u2019t remember where I was going. Then it came to me: the backyard of a cathedral, fenced in with chain-link, all overgrown with fox grapes and bittersweet. I was supposed to meet someone. Someone important, someone I cared about.<\/p>

\u201cThe streetlights were coming on. And I had that feeling you get  \u2014 a kind of detachment from everything? Nobody could bother me, nobody could catch me, but I was part of this place I was riding through. I could smell the smells, I felt the heat.<\/p>

\u201cI miss that a lot.<\/p>

\u201cI crossed this broad, empty street into a neighborhood lined with old trees. There was a house that looked like it had imploded, then one that had burned, then one all fortified with block glass and iron cages over the windows. Deep shade.<\/p>

\u201cI caught up to Christian, and they were older, a little blond kid kicking along on one of those bikes without pedals. They wouldn\u2019t notice me, they kept looking at something further ahead. I wanted to ask  \u2014 how did I miss this, what happened, were you all right growing up, who took care of you? I was afraid they might not even remember me. But then a big truck came up behind me, a blast of wind, and when I looked again Christian was gone. It was such a terrible feeling. Lonely. I was so afraid for them. But also  \u2014 this is awful  \u2014 I was relieved. And I hated that, so I kept searching for them.<\/p>

\u201cThere was someone still ahead.<\/p>

\u201cI came out of the neighborhood onto another main road, and this one was busy, with headlights rushing past too close. A neon corner store, a graffiti-covered warehouse, an empty lot. New condos behind a fence. Then the river, and the island beyond. I knew where I was, and I kept expecting the city, downtown rising up  \u2014 but it didn\u2019t. There was no freeway, no parking garages or casinos.<\/p>

\u201cThen I was riding on wood  \u2014 like on a railroad bridge, you know, but this was the whole street. It was smooth, nice, but hard to control  \u2014 I had to slow down. And then I stopped in front of a church. The brakes worked great.<\/p>

\u201cI couldn\u2019t tell if this was the church. There are so many. But I could see a long way down Jefferson, and this was the only one in sight. Simple, brick, with a white spire. I couldn\u2019t see Christian anywhere, but there was this strange bike lying by the doors.<\/p>

\u201cSo I went up the steps, and the doors were swinging closed, and I caught them. They were heavy.\u201d<\/p>

It was the first dream she remembered since Christian was born  \u2014 at least aside from the hallucinations. \u201cI know nobody wants to hear about other people\u2019s dreams. I know it doesn\u2019t mean anything. It just made me feel  \u2026 weirdly like myself again.\u201d She laughed, embarrassed.
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Pre-ordering directly from Stelliform, you will receive a DRM-free EPUB copy of the novella on or before September 1st. Payment is through PayPal, in Canadian dollars.
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