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The Dark Thing

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WordDogger

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I live in a small town in America’s heartland where nothing much ever happens. People go to work and go to church, and everyone pretty much knows everyone else. We all shop at the same stores send our kids to the same schools. There are picnics at the town square on holidays, and seldom do we have a crime more serious than vagrancy. Some might call our little town quaint or even dull, but I ...
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