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Even when I can speak, Wilheim screams over and over over me.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BI<\/strong>A Cajun Louisiana native, Samantha Bares earned her MFA in fiction at University of Michigan&#8217;s Helen Zell Writers&#8217; Program. Her poetry has most recently appeared in Yalobusha Review. Her fiction, published under the name Mant Bares, has most recently appeared in Beloit Fiction Journal. Now living in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany, Samantha is working on a novel-length swamp opera, supported by the Elizabeth George Foundation. Find her at mantbares.com and @mantbares.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tongue the singe slither low and notice alone. Worst is the fluke. Early banal plot fluster, host of novel squirm. No gravitas up in the jump scare. Appetite : spook :: bile : ick. Some Weeks I am the Devoured, other the Witness, most the Monster themself. 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