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From Joe's writing

Justy Friedman was in her bedroom, getting ready for her first day back at high school after Thanksgiving break, when it started. One moment she was slipping into a cute little blue skirt she’d bought specifically for today, and the next she was rolling around on the floor, screaming at the top of her lungs.

— Connections, from Eventual Beginnings: Stories Short and Longer