Leaving Kern County for Good or Worse
by Dan A. Cardoza | Feb 17, 2021 | D, Dan A. Cardoza, Short Story
Bakersfield is haunted, at least for me. It’s a place where you tell new friends you’re from, not somewhere a person would choose to live. Living in Bakersfield requires you make peace with the broiling sun, the baking wind, and of course, the constant...archives
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