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Black Dog Blood
Ashleigh Mounser

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“I should say in advance, that this is not a love story. It is not an adventure story, nor a mystery.
This is just my story; it is just a story about survival.
I’m sixteen years old, and twice now I have been crippled by depression. I am not an angst-ridden teenager; I have not immersed myself in melodrama for the sake of attention. I am not a liar. I am not ashamed …”