The Authentic Eclectic

Slippin’ Into Darkness

My dad left me a grimoire and a .45 revolver when he died.

Sylvia
5 min readNov 13, 2021
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When dad was dying from cirrhosis of the liver and renal failure in the summer of 2007, I was just making my final moves to the UK. I lingered to see him go. He had always been a big man, over 6 feet tall and with a full red beard that greyed like an evil vizier’s…

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