title: A Generation of Dark: A Prison Notebook
author:  C.F. Villa 
description: C.F. Villa began his writing career with short stories. His work has appeared in magazines such as The Rejected Quarterly, The Storyteller, America in WWII and anthologized in the book Hell is a Very Small Place (The New Press, February 2016). After serving 15 years in solitary confinement, he was released back to the general population at the California Correctional Center. A Generation of Dark is his first collection.
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  [CHAPTER I. A TERRIBLE
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  [CHAPTER II. THE CONTENTS OF THE
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  [CHAPTER III. THE MOMENTOUS
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  [CHAPTER IV. THE WELCOME
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  [CHAPTER V. THE STRANGE INMATES OF DALTON
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  [CHAPTER VI. WALLED IN.](THE%20LIVING%20LINK_split_001.html#filepos114101)
  
  [CHAPTER VII. A PARLEY WITH THE
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  [CHAPTER VIII. MISS PLYMPTON
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  [CHAPTER IX. SIR LIONEL
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  [CHAPTER X. LEON.](THE%20LIVING%20LINK_split_001.html#filepos179593)
  
  [CHAPTER XI. LUCY.](THE%20LIVING%20LINK_split_001.html#filepos19