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A black-winged country singer recalls 58 years of life as she crosses a dangerous wasteland to the void, where she must battle a murderous demon bent on destroying the world she left behind.

The Wages, An Illustrated Story by Charles F. Vincent

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Set One: Setting The Stage

1. Confessional Poetry

2. Murder Ballad

3. All Of The Things That We Are Given

4. Radio Play

5. Evangeline and Eve

6. An Old Soldier

7. Can't Touch A Dream (But You Can Feel It)

8. Double Dear Dreams

9. Answers to Prayers

10. Cold Super Strikes

Set Two: Story Songs

11. Masterstroke

12. Mudslingers

13. A Marked Woman

14. Crystal's Clarity

15. Angela's December

16. The Flooded Hotel

17. The Room Where They Tell You

18. Watch Yourself

19. The Stream of Tears

20. Captured and Categorized

Set Three: The Finale

21. Pictures of Purpose

22. Battle Fires

23. Songs and Parables

24. Lies That Aren't Lies Are Lies

25. Changes In The Body

26. The Lone Sister

27. When Daughters Become Angels

28. The Long Song Of Finding

29. The Void Aviatrix

10. The Wages

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