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There’s a hollow where he used to be, and it echoes with self-imposed loss.

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
Hollow
Echoes
Loss
Used
Self
Imposed

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