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“So… the boy I thought I killed because of my creation survived after all.” Shabsi stared at Sylvester
His compositions — youthful and earnest, sincere but not overly-intense — were perfectly suited to the young voices of a boys’ choir
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“Burst pipe!” he called to his fellow workmen inside. “Somebody turn off the water mains!”
When I open the door, I’m greeted with a wave of sound and the smell of curry. Who’s here?
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