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He was still frowning at the cake, looking at it as if he expected it to sprout dozens of legs and begin scuttling toward him, thin-lipped, teeth bared.

Karen Marie Moning

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Karen Marie Moning
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 1
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Legs
Sprout
Expected
Frowning
Begin
Sprouts
Toward
Dozens
Looking
Thin
Stills
Cake
Still
Dozen
Lipped
Teeth
Bared

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