Bestial Acts — Claude Lalumiere

Ten-year-old Aydee runs away from her neglectful parents; surreal encounters with strange gods and monsters lead her to Lost Pages, a bookshop that is much more than it appears... This tale forms part of Claude Lalumi?re's "cerebral, erotic, and hypnotically compelling" (Publishers Weekly) novella in stories, The Door to Lost Pages.

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