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It gets cold in the desert at night, particularly up in the mountains the stars hammer on the rock and strike frost.

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Tanith Lee
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: September 19
Died: 2015
Died: May 24
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Esther Garber
Judas Garbah
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Hammer
Mountain
Frost
Rock
Hammers
Rocks
Strike
Gets
Mountains
Cold
Desert
Stars
Night
Strikes

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