420 Characters

By Lou Beach

Within this selection of miniature tales, whole worlds take shape—some like our personal, a few hallucinatory fairylands--populated by means of heartsick cowboys, random criminals, fans and drifters. In a stunning narrative constellation, Beach’s characters cope with the unusual and bad and lovely in existence, and no consequence is sure. started as a sequence of fb prestige updates, 420 Characters marks a brand new flip in an acclaimed artist and illustrator’s occupation, and contours unique collages by means of the author.

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