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Fame

[fiction] “Desolé, Franc. Je ne t’ai pas vu.”

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Samuél Lopez-Barrantes
Nov 08, 2023
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photo by Augusta Sagnelli

I started writing this story in late 2019, when I was in a semi-successful indie rock band, Slim and the Beast, preparing for a major European tour in March 2020.

Many friends, acquaintances, and even an incompetent music label thought we were going to—and perhaps even wanted to —“become famous.”

We didn’t. Ah, what a difference…

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