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But it was like a dance across a field strewn with razors, and I bled with every step I took.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
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Bled
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Strewn
Every
Razors
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Dance

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