Excerpt from Delayed Rays of a Star by Amanda Lee Koe, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

The photographer turned the knob swiftly with his thumb to advance the film, sounding a ratchety zip, the amorous call of a lonesome cicada on a quiet summer night, half a second of blinding flash lapsing into the white heat of the party, as the likenesses of these three women were registered scrupulously together by the evenhanded and all- seeing eye of his camera.

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