Phoenix by Chuck Palahniuk

Author:Chuck Palahniuk
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Single Authors, Short Stories, Family Life, Fiction, Domestic Life, Single Author, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Women's Fiction
ISBN: 9781614520733
Publisher: Byliner Inc.
Published: 2013-02-12T00:00:00+00:00

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The fire marshal hadn’t thought it was arson, not at first. The episode had made them celebrities, and not in a good way. They’d become living proof of something people didn’t want to believe could really happen.

The fire marshal had picked through the charred rooms, charting the path of the blaze’s ignition. It had started at the minimalist fireplace and traced a circle around the perimeter of the living room. Next, the perimeter of the dining room had kindled. He’d sketched a rough floor plan on a sheet of graph paper clipped to a clipboard. Using a mechanical pencil, he drew a line from the dining room up the stairs and around the perimeter of the master bedroom and bathroom.

Tucked under his arm, he was carrying something wrapped in a black plastic garbage bag. “Damnedest thing I’ve ever seen,” he told Ted and Rachel in the driveway. He’d held the bag open and let them peer inside. It smelled horrific, a combination of burnt hair and chemicals. Ted took one look and began to shake.

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