Le silence<\/em>, by Auguste Preault. You can click through it for more information. If I ever publish a book, that’d make for a good cover.<\/p>\nI’m just finishing up some revisions on the short story that that trip inspired. Put a dollar (or more) in the tip jar (that donation button on the right side of the page) and I’ll send you a PDF of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here’s a picture from my trip to the Art Institute of Chicago last month. It’s Le silence, by Auguste Preault. You can click through it for more information. If I ever publish a book, that’d make for a good cover. I’m just finishing up some revisions on the short story that that trip inspired. Put … <\/p>\n
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