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... dark , barely showed against the dark sky . Gunfire flashed without a break and bullets sang in various keys , screeching , whistling , or oddly clacking , as though turning somersaults in the air . I tried to make out people in the ...
... dark , barely showed against the dark sky . Gunfire flashed without a break and bullets sang in various keys , screeching , whistling , or oddly clacking , as though turning somersaults in the air . I tried to make out people in the ...
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... dark house , came a woman's terrifying , despairing shriek . She had no other weapon with which to protect her children — only this endless , unbroken wail of terror and helplessness . The woman's lonely cry was taken up by others ...
... dark house , came a woman's terrifying , despairing shriek . She had no other weapon with which to protect her children — only this endless , unbroken wail of terror and helplessness . The woman's lonely cry was taken up by others ...
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... dark , but I knew the rough stone surface must offer footholds . ' Over the wall , quick , ' I whispered to Yasha . ' In one go . It's our last chance . We've nothing to lose . ' I was thin and slight - it was easy for me to climb over ...
... dark , but I knew the rough stone surface must offer footholds . ' Over the wall , quick , ' I whispered to Yasha . ' In one go . It's our last chance . We've nothing to lose . ' I was thin and slight - it was easy for me to climb over ...
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Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
Copyright | |
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