Hello everyone. I hope you're all doing well. We're going to do something a little different here.

Instead of my regular Ghost in the Burb stories or longer like three-part short stories, I'm going to share the cul-de-sac, a story that I've been working on for,

I think, over six years at this point. I've realized recently that it is never going to be

to the point where it will be traditionally published. I just don't have the ability to get it

there. And stubbornly, I like this story. And I've taken some feedback

and I have worked that in. But at the same time, I want it the way I want it. And I'm kind of

stubborn about it. So it's going to live right here on the podcast feed, several chapters at a time.

Just like with the usual stories, you'll be able to find the cul-de-sac chapters over on Patreon

at Ghost and the Burbs Patreon. And you'll have it without all the intro and outro, chitter-chatter.

And you can get that for the $4 a month or above level.

Once I'm done and this entire thing is recorded, I'm going to create one file of the entire

story and that will also be available over on Patreon.

So in about two months, this entire book will be recorded and you can listen to it all in one place and download it on Patreon.

But for now, we need to get through these chapters.

This is a 300-page book, so we better get started.

Here we go.

The Caldasc by Liz Sauer.

I hate cul-de-sacs. There's only one way out and the people are kind of weird.

Vic, Garbage Man Number One, The Burbs, 1989.

Chapter 1

It was always about the cul-de-sac, but it didn't start there.

It began with the apartment break-in.

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