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They were the screams of riders torn apart by the twisted reflections of their own inner selves.

Neal Shusterman

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Brooklyn
New York
Twisted
Torn
Scream
Apart
Reflection
Screams
Inner
Reflections
Self
Riders
Selves

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