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The Bitter Wine Memento

“- Until the bottle is empty.
My voice is dry and cracked drowsily on account of the high level of alcohol in my blood. I am narcotized sick. I try to focus ahead of myself, on something warm and fluttering. When I eventually manage, I realise it is the wick of the dying candle, an inch away from its lethal fate. And so my memento beguilingly retrieves me...”
  1. Bonne Soirée
    Chapter 1
  2. The Cloudburst
    Chapter 2
  3. Bitter as Blood
    Chapter 3
  4. Misfire and Mud
    Chapter 4
  5. The Gentleman's Preference
    Chapter 5
  6. Superfluous Air
    Chapter 6
  7. The Smallest of Injuries
    Chapter 7
  8. My Darling
    Chapter 8
  9. Unsatisfactory
    Chapter 9
  10. The Girl with the Wild Halo
    Chapter 10
  11. A Bag of Summer Savoury
    Chapter 11
  12. Not a Drop
    Chapter 12
  13. The Man Under the Corpse
    Chapter 13
  14. Once More
    Chapter 14