{"id":3408,"date":"2019-05-19T18:17:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T18:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ezekieljamesboston.com\/new\/short-story-jamal-the-skeletons-heart\/"},"modified":"2021-06-24T11:19:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T11:19:10","slug":"short-story-jamal-the-skeletons-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezekieljamesboston.com\/new\/short-story-jamal-the-skeletons-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Story | Jamal &amp; the Skeleton&#8217;s Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patrons, get the story via Bookfunnel: <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.bookfunnel.com\/clc21dp3lf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/dl.bookfunnel.com\/clc21dp3lf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\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. They shuffle off to whatever is after life, leaving him scratching his head.<\/p>\n<p>Only this time, after being buried, his friend Newt\u2013a non-binary skeleton\u2013rose from the dead with a problem. A former lover and necromancer had stolen Newt\u2019s heart from his grave.<\/p>\n<p>Jamal agrees to retrieve the heart. And runs into his own brand of trouble. The kind that could end him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy,<\/p>\n<p>EJ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrons, get the story via Bookfunnel: https:\/\/dl.bookfunnel.com\/clc21dp3lf &#8212;&#8211; 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. They shuffle off to whatever is after life, leaving him scratching his head. 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