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IT TOOK a conscious effort for Tallow to keep his hand off his gun as he walked up the apartment bui...

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When a child disappears, the space she’d occupied is immediately filled with dozens of people. And t...

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A quick butchers shows up Old Bill three-handed, also a particularly nasty female grass–-and if look...

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I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman.

I ripped all her clothes off. She twisted and turned, slow, so they would slip out from under her. T...

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James M. CainThe Postman Always Rings Twice

Bina, thank you. Bina, listen, this guy. His name wasn't Lasker. This guy-'She puts a hand to his mo...

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Michael ChabonThe Yiddish Policemen's Union

It was a cool day and very clear. You could see a long way-but not as far as Velma had gone.

I had a funny feeling as I saw the house disappear, as though I had written a poem and it was very g...

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Somebody should have taken him to a stationary store and pointed out the difference between an envel...

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