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Stories don't always have happy endings. This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Journalist
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Fairfax
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