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Alicia Hilton

Alicia Hilton is an author, law professor, actress, and former FBI Special Agent. She received her BA in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, and her JD and MA from the University of Chicago. Her recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Akashic Books, Bronzeville Books, ChiZine Publications, Demain Publishing UK, Dreams & Nightmares, Vastarien, Year's Best Hardcore Horror 4, and elsewhere. Her website is aliciahilton.com Follow her on Twitter @aliciahilton01.

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A Glorious Chapeau

More glad than mad, the hatter greeted a new customer, a petite man whose spectacles gave him the dour expression of a vexed beetle. The customer said, "I want a chapeau crafted from broken promises and pitch." He scratched his nose, rubbing a rather large mole. "No, not pitch,…