Unreal City: StoriesWordcraft of Oregon, 1996 - 196 pages |
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... side alley , which I bolted with a two- by - four . One afternoon , a man's face peered in one of the side basement windows and identified himself as a journalist . I did not answer . He cocked his head , listening , and I knew he knew ...
... side alley , which I bolted with a two- by - four . One afternoon , a man's face peered in one of the side basement windows and identified himself as a journalist . I did not answer . He cocked his head , listening , and I knew he knew ...
Page 151
... side of the river , another sort of chimney breathed smoke into the skies from the belly of the crematorium furnaces . A fitting triad of chimneys , thought Klee . - Tacked to the wall beside the window was a round , faded mirror in ...
... side of the river , another sort of chimney breathed smoke into the skies from the belly of the crematorium furnaces . A fitting triad of chimneys , thought Klee . - Tacked to the wall beside the window was a round , faded mirror in ...
Page 168
... side of the Mainz , Flecht watched the tall yellow brick chimney of the crematorium fuming into the sky the heat wastage of Manfred Klee's corpse . " Farewell , Manfred , " said Flecht softly . " May you inspire a cloud to a spring rain ...
... side of the Mainz , Flecht watched the tall yellow brick chimney of the crematorium fuming into the sky the heat wastage of Manfred Klee's corpse . " Farewell , Manfred , " said Flecht softly . " May you inspire a cloud to a spring rain ...
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