Finished Folds (721—740)
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5but the rest of us closed ranks and persisted until we found the villa's inner sanctum. The residents round their cauldron looked at us from their bizarre masks. Our legionnaires f
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6silent and listen to the words it takes aeons to say. The light is harsh and the street is ugly outside the diner where my friends and I sit, but I'm lucky to have them here.
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4sing a little tune somewhere in the hut, and fall silent. Billy Clover's cat Spike muttered a little phrase while she dreamt. The cricket repeated its tune, and Spike its phrase. M
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3For an awkward moment I was at a loss while my translatomesh sifted through possible meanings and replies, then: "Yawunik Four-Eyed Lobster of the Past, the Tentragorukh Realm wel
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3about his boring job at the NSA. He searched his hair and nethers but could not find lockpicks or other tools with which to escape from the mailbag. The van passed a turkey farm, o
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7the toast with silver tongs as his agents held my arms. He wrapped the toast in purple silk and laid it in a reliquary he always kept on hand. "This toast is not for eating," he ad
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4Joe slipped off his slippers and Mildred set her revolver on the nightstand. They tucked in and kissed goodnight. They hoped it would be a peaceful one, after that damn Bridge tour
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2stiletto heels on the Moon. And these other prints were probably made by her boytoy Jethro Concubine, who has a contract with Destiny Shoes." I concealed my envy. The inv
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2Gregor of the Haunted PJs brightened. "How about: 'Knock it off -- just knock it off'?" then shrugged. "Hey, it's hard to come up with an inspirational quote for a poltergeist!" Ch
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5iggs would live to regret that unfortunate appellation for a very long time. "Nurse Biggs, I just want you to know that wherever you go, I will be there in the inky shadows."
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9prods, most of them internal. He already knew about the ones in the nightstand. "Ethan, I hope you don't think I'm a cow." His demeanor contorted with his own inner conflicts be
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3morons, or so they thought. Slowly they turned, the marchers and their kindred. A world of false calculations needed a little spooky for balance, and they sure brought the spooky.
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3neath Jabba's salon. If only my accursed sabre worked, she spat. Her failed attempt was a darksabre. Then she realized it was a darker shade of dark, and might cut through the murk
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4that, like rock-and-roll, Twinkies will never die?" It calmed my nerves a little which helped, because we had found a whole stash of Twinkies after we lost the Chernobyl tour group
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6He left the stage to tepid, dismissive applause. The next poet, a grizzled veteran named Ray, patted his shoulder as they passed. "This is how." Ray set down his water glass and be
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3Everyone laid down their weapons and The Crow brought out a bowl of rounded river stones and a card table, and they all played a pleasant game together.
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3The Strange High Man in the Woods has stood there for 80 years. Mother says he took his final walk the evening of April 23, 19__ and has not moved or spoken since. Some say he is a
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3such disturbance to their slumber. Their choice, said Nobuo, was to face the tsunami that was to come, or the angry gods of the deep. His nephew called 1-800-SUM-KRAKN for advice.
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7So much for convenience store. Hampton just wanted to pay for his slushie before the aurora peaked. A guy who looked like Woody Harrelson looked at Hampton. "Это Зона." Anjay P
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8vastness or the consideration of transitory details in the context of the passing aeon's music, or of remembrance of previous cycles. We could only look upon them across the gap th