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You evah hear of a magic screw?' I cough back a laugh. 'No. No, sir.

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
Laughing
Hear
Back
Cough
Screw
Screws
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Magic

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