Unreal City: StoriesWordcraft of Oregon, 1996 - 196 pages |
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... took the stairway up into the garden , unbolting the storm doors and folding them outwards , turning sideways to squeeze through the passage , stepped out into the sunlight . The black man did not look at me , but turned the lamb leg on ...
... took the stairway up into the garden , unbolting the storm doors and folding them outwards , turning sideways to squeeze through the passage , stepped out into the sunlight . The black man did not look at me , but turned the lamb leg on ...
Page 73
... took out a tiny heart - shaped tin and prised off the lid , removed a key from inside it . At the end of the long hallway , he ran the key into the lock of the basement door , twisted it , heard the bolt fall away . The staircase was ...
... took out a tiny heart - shaped tin and prised off the lid , removed a key from inside it . At the end of the long hallway , he ran the key into the lock of the basement door , twisted it , heard the bolt fall away . The staircase was ...
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... took hold of me . I wished urgently to stop him from revealing his actions to me , to hold his secrets inviolate . Before he could open his mouth to speak again , I told him that he shouldn't allow himself to feel so badly , that none ...
... took hold of me . I wished urgently to stop him from revealing his actions to me , to hold his secrets inviolate . Before he could open his mouth to speak again , I told him that he shouldn't allow himself to feel so badly , that none ...
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