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  1. Public Bookmark 32

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    “Ah, John. There you are.”

    His mother’s tone is the rubber band snap of a corporate manager closing a deal, and she barely throws him a glance as she adjusts the brooch on her cardigan, eyes glued instead to her own reflection. John half leans against the doorway, so many years of being forbidden from entering his parents’ room keeping him glued to the threshold.

    “Are you ready for this evening?”

    A gala. A real, extravagant gala with gallons of expensive alcohol that John can't drink with his meds, and hundreds of interrogative faces that scrunch in pity whenever he catches them staring.

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    A week after John's released from the hospital, his parents throw a ball.

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    03 Feb 2026

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    Steve cops a faceful of Upside Down flower pollen in the tunnels, hours after Billy Hargrove tries to punch Steve's brain out the back of his head. Beyond the general hubbub of UD bullshit, Steve thinks he's made it out pretty much unscathed.

    Months later, he makes a discovery. Turns out, he's much more intact than he'd thought. As in, his skin is baby smooth. Even the scar on his knee from his ill-advised ‘77 summer of skateboarding has disappeared.

    OR: Steve Harrington can take a hit. He can take many hits. In fact, thanks to the Upside Down, there isn't a hit Steve can't take.

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    17 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 4

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    In the aftermath of Draft Day, Dan and Isaac reach an understanding.

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    17 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 62

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    John Carter came from a privileged background. He was a good child, a quiet child, and a profoundly sad child. Sweet, but mixed up. When he lost Bobby, everything changed. An examination of his past, and a week in the life with a twist.

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    12 Jan 2026

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    After a chance encounter, Robby finds out that he's got a half-brother he never knew about—an emergency physician from Chicago called John Carter.

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    11 Jan 2026