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The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Journalist
Literary Critic
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Science Fiction Writer
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Fairfax
Virginia
Monster
Midnight
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Monsters

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