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“The Young Man Who Knew Where He Was Going” by Rob MacWolf

A fairy tale, for pride. A personal myth, as if there were any other kind. A story of becoming who we are, because everyone should have one.

Today’s story is “The Young Man Who Knew Where He Was Going” by Rob MacWolf, who means it when he calls himself werewolf hitchhiker and knows to whom he owes it. You can get his book "You Look Lost, Pup" winner of a Cóyotl award, from Bewere Books, and you can find more of his books on Itchio.

Read for you by Rob MacWolf — werewolf hitchhiker.

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