The God of Vended Things
Some (unfortunate) MUP students might know Damien Galeone as a teacher of English and Academic Writing, but he also publishes short stories and essays, which have appeared in publications such as Nerve, Hippocampus Magazine, Žena a Život, and in various travel anthologies.Read his latest nonfiction story 'The God of Vended Things' which was published last week in Defenestration, an online humor literary magazine.
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