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You evah hear of a magic screw?' I cough back a laugh. 'No. No, sir.
Libba Bray
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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
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Theta crashed next to them on the thick zebra-skin rug. “I’m embalmed.” “Potted and splificated?” “Ossified to the gills. Time for night-night.
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