1503 2 2
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Her face had that strange preserved quality Maybelle saw in many aging Boomer women — like an old toy never removed from its packaging.
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106216
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Twisting and twirling, nearing velocity terminal, the wishbones in their chests rise and fall with the cadence of different bird songs calling. As they whistle down each is distinctively screaming.
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94010
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She smiled at him. "You want to know the secret, that's why you want her to tell - not because you want her to be happy."
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16921
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“I can’t go back there,” he said. He was speaking of home, the home of his parents, the mere mention of which caused his body to tremble. Anything would be better than going back there, even death.
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1220
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Some people think murder is a mortal sin, but when it came to my granddaddy’s dachshund I considered it a public service.
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100
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Some people think murder is a mortal sin, but when it came to my granddaddy’s dachshund I considered it a public service.
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53193
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My hands still twitch at the varied tastes of his blood; a sensation of hope, wanting ambition caught within a ruthless dream.
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132598
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My wife stood in the doorway and talked to the back of my head. “You really should talk to somebody about this,” she said.
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156221
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Lee found a ship’s figurehead in a dumpster behind some shitty Indian restaurant last night.
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104622
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"Which way ought we to go from here," he asked.
She smiled again, "that all depends on where we want to get to." He nodded but didn't laugh so she sighed and strolled around the room, tuning and looking and considering her options.
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16330
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Percy Webb walked in the door of Dunnagan’s, and he paused at the edge of the barroom’s soft hazy light.
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152500
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Protag noted that Gertrud’s brow was knotted with stress and rage, as if she’d been drinking too much coffee and reading the latest translation of Simone de Beauvoir.
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9941
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It took the entire world to fix the hole in the System. Chinese Control Officers, Eskimo Energy Anthropologists, US Department of Technology Practitioners, Canadian Space Enthusiasts, and Croatian Computer Component Manufacturers—anyone and everyone.
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149965
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Daniel told himself to push. -- push harder than he'd ever pushed himself before. He reminded himself of what his father once told him: don't give in to pain. Be a real man. You can take it.
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“Would you consider renewing for the next season?”
“We’re not interested.”
“Can I ask you why?”
I considered my reply. I was thinking of mincing my words. The man on the other end of the line seemed, how should I put this, somewhat s
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