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The Drum

Issue 8. January 2011

STEVEN LEE BEEBER Blood-Red Nails, Pale Cold Hands

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The narrator of Steven Lee Beeber's short story "Blood-Red Nails, Pale Cold Hands" contemplates the strange combinations of violence and tenderness that underlie his relationships with the important women in his life. The story begins with an accident witnessed in childhood and concludes with the scratches left from passion.

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theme: comedy

theme: crisis

theme: relationships

theme: family

genre: essay

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