{"id":2515,"date":"2017-03-21T05:02:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T05:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezekieljamesboston.com\/?p=2515"},"modified":"2017-03-21T05:02:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T05:02:45","slug":"free-fiction-jamal-the-skeletons-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezekieljamesboston.com\/new\/free-fiction-jamal-the-skeletons-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Fiction: Jamal &#038; the Skeleton&#8217;s Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After last month&#8217;s self-indulgent story, here&#8217;s a tale that takes place in the same humor\/horror universe as Gateway Blood.\u00a0<span style=\"color: red;\">As a warning<\/span>, this story contains profanity.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid #24890d;\" width=\"200\" \/>\n<p>Being immortal, Jamal always has trouble keeping friends. Most times it seems like he just gets to know someone when then hit their expiration date. 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And runs into his own brand of trouble; the kind that could end him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><center>This story was available for free from:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">March 20, 2017<\/span><br \/>\nto<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: red;\">July 20, 2017<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: green;\"><span style=\"color: green;\">&#8211;EJ&#8211;<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><center>Copyright \u00a9 2016 by Ezekiel James Boston<br \/>\nCover art copyright \u00a9 fergregory<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After last month&#8217;s self-indulgent story, here&#8217;s a tale that takes place in the same humor\/horror universe as Gateway Blood.\u00a0As a warning, this story contains profanity. Being immortal, Jamal always has trouble keeping friends. Most times it seems like he just gets to know someone when then hit their expiration date. 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