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sock puppet hanging off the bedpost. It grinned! It leered! I shuddered that there was a witness to my shame and I decided, right then, that the puppet would pay with his life. -
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like moss beneath a razor. The walls were not a challenge. Time alone could rot their mortar. His concern was the people and it was on them that he brought to bear his
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even then, at the end of time, no one knew the secret to her success, that special ingredient that lifted breezes, floated boats and sent people home, drunk with joy.
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the academy with a too-tight grin, fearful his lips would flap back with the flap-flap-flap sound of a blind given a yank. The rictus froze on his face -- his judge was
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if their little faces didn't lose that carnival of smiles they called happiness? It was time to trot out a chemical highway that would teach them
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Vikki was the only woman he knew who could get jealous of food. And if he came home with ramen-flavoured paper, well, he might as well admit to dipping himself in
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of her. She was their battery and taught them that jealousy was what the weak used to stay alone. Besides -- fresh donuts may be better but are just so tough to find.
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The ancient theatre shuddered and rotted, drapes ripped under their own weight. When the door to the lobby opened, I saw
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is should they shamble? Done to undeath. Run? Gimmick. Fly? Fly! That's freakin'
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"Ready? Me? Are you?" The burglar looked above me and I