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I imagine the ones we’ve lost as ghosts who prowl about the edges of the light, waiting for us to join them. Sometimes that’s terrifying, and sometimes it’s reassuring, a promise of homecoming.

Ann Aguirre

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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
Light
Join
Sometimes
Ghost
Edges
Promise
Prowl
Ones
Homecoming
Imagine
Reassuring
Waiting
Ghosts
Lost
Terrifying

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