
Pinocchio Photography by Angela Liu (audio)
Clarkesworld Magazine
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The Morning Ritual of Bad Riddles
The class is filled with pimply freshman eager to prove something and seniors looking for an easy elective. Here, you too will bring the non-living to life but through photography. Each student is given an SLR designed for post-mortem photography loaded with a hippocampal film that's probably cost more than my entire tuition. It takes 49 days for a soul to completely leave a body. That's what the monk told us when your wai kong passed away. What was he doing for the 49 days before he had to go? My father laughs motioning for me to finish my breakfast. Now hurry up, I'll drive you to school.
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