Hill House, Publishers: "Austen and Jausten" (2002)—An Excerpt from THE CAT'S PAJAMAS: Stories + 5 by Ray Bradbury

The five new stories in THE CAT'S PAJAMAS: Stories + 5 are classic Ray Bradbury tales, with twists, turns, and surprises, filled with the joy that we experience through the simple act of living—and shadowed by the darkness that waits for us just around the corner.

   This is all about Austen and Jausten, two twins I knew when I was twelve and played with in an alley behind my house in Tucson, Arizona.
   These boys both suffered from sins of pride.
   Austen told me that he was going to live forever.
   Jausten bragged that by the age of thirteen, next year, he would be dead, stone cold, dead and gone. Forever, he added.
   Then he coughed, spit blood, and showed it to me as proof, and smiled.

Hill House edition of THE CAT'S PAJAMAS: Stories + 5 by Ray Bradbury

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