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A Night Better Forgotten	by Nuala Breckenridge Sep. 08, 2010	$0.99	639 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: I've been writing since 4th grade and began to seriously consider writing as a careeer by the time I entered high school. I love to read and write a variaty of genres and I also enjoy pushing the boundries and mixing things up.
Julia's Future	by Linda Westphal Sep. 08, 2010	Free!	1649 words	Read a sample
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Pryderi's Pigs and other poems	by G. R. Grove Sep. 08, 2010	$2.99	18710 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: After a long career as a mining geologist in California and Alaska, and a shorter one as a database administrator in Colorado, I’m currently writing my fourth novel set in 6th century Britain. For more information, see my blog or my author chat thread on LibraryThing.com
Wilding Nights	by Lee Killough Sep. 08, 2010	$4.99	100278 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: Lee Killough has been storytelling since the age of four or five, when she started making up her own bedtime stories, then later, her own episodes of her favorite radio and TV shows. Because she loves both SF and mysteries, her work combines the two genres. Although published as SF, most of her novels are actually mysteries with SF or fantasy elements...with a preference--thanks to a childhood hooked on TV cop shows--for cop protagonists.
Diva (short stories)	by Jess C Scott Sep. 08, 2010	$0.99	19241 words	Sample 8%
Author bio: Jess identifies herself as an author/artist/non-conformist. Her literary work has appeared in a diverse range of publications, such as Word Riot, ITCH Magazine, and The Battered Suitcase. She was a research assistant to the 2010 Jossey-Bass/Wiley publication, My Lie. She is currently working on an urban fantasy project featuring cyberpunk elves. Her novella, The Devilin Fey, hit #1 in Amazon’s “Hot New Releases in Bargain Books” in July 2010.
Black Velvet (erotic short story)	by Jess C Scott Sep. 08, 2010	$0.99	14184 words	Sample 8%
Author bio: Jess identifies herself as an author/artist/non-conformist. Her literary work has appeared in a diverse range of publications, such as Word Riot, ITCH Magazine, and The Battered Suitcase. She was a research assistant to the 2010 Jossey-Bass/Wiley publication, My Lie. She is currently working on an urban fantasy project featuring cyberpunk elves. Her novella, The Devilin Fey, hit #1 in Amazon’s “Hot New Releases in Bargain Books” in July 2010.
4Play (gender bending short story)	by Jess C Scott Sep. 08, 2010	$1.49	17385 words	Sample 8%
Author bio: Jess identifies herself as an author/artist/non-conformist. Her literary work has appeared in a diverse range of publications, such as Word Riot, ITCH Magazine, and The Battered Suitcase. She was a research assistant to the 2010 Jossey-Bass/Wiley publication, My Lie. She is currently working on an urban fantasy project featuring cyberpunk elves. Her novella, The Devilin Fey, hit #1 in Amazon’s “Hot New Releases in Bargain Books” in July 2010.
Tongue-Tied (lesbian short story)	by Jess C Scott Sep. 08, 2010	$0.99	12134 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Jess identifies herself as an author/artist/non-conformist. Her literary work has appeared in a diverse range of publications, such as Word Riot, ITCH Magazine, and The Battered Suitcase. She was a research assistant to the 2010 Jossey-Bass/Wiley publication, My Lie. She is currently working on an urban fantasy project featuring cyberpunk elves. Her novella, The Devilin Fey, hit #1 in Amazon’s “Hot New Releases in Bargain Books” in July 2010.
Companion Guide (Grave Danger)	by K.E. Rodgers Sep. 08, 2010	Free!	26414 words	Read a sample
Author bio: This self biography section is trying to appeal to the narcissism in me, is it not? But I guess there might be a few who would like to know a little bit more about me than beyond what is evident in my writing. So here it goes. Story telling is an innate program loaded somewhere in my human psyche. And without this creative outlet I might slip off the deep end. But then again that might be the best thing to happen in my craft. As a child I would fall asleep telling myself stories and they didn’t always involve me as the main character. Even in the dream world I am not always the person I am in the real world. Perhaps this multiple personality allows me to slip into the minds of the diverse population of my characters. When not stroking the keys on my laptop I am at my piano bench, creating living sound in the late night hours. I’m likely to play anything from Schubert to Alicia Keys and every genre in between. I love incidental music a lot; movie scores. Music is a different outlet. And as it usually happens the writing mixes with the music. Somehow, I’d like to find a way to converge these two mediums further. Science Fiction and Fantasy are my typical genres of work. Always there has to be an element of romance. Even in traditional fiction and non-fiction there needs to be a measure of romance. It’s a necessary component of human culture; sometimes sweet and enduring or heart pounding and carnal. I don’t twitter. I’m sorry, but my daily life is not exciting enough to tell. I’m not Jesus, and I can’t imagine anyone following me. Now if something did occur akin to an event in one of my stories, I’d tweet the hell out of that little yellow bird till he keeled over. Till then I’ll remain an elusive mystery in my reader’s minds. If there is a fact you’d like to know that you can’t figure out from my writing, please feel free to e-mail me at k_elis83@hotmail.com. (No naughty things, religious/political propaganda, elec. Viruses). Thank you for your interest in myself and my works. K.E. Rodgers
65 Below	by Basil Sands Sep. 08, 2010	$2.99	99362 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Author of three award winning action packed novels and ten short stories, Basil has built an audience of tens of thousands of listeners to the free podcast audio versions of his books. You can download them from his website, www.basilsands.com He is currently working on novel number four and taking the getting published thing seriously. One day you will hear his name in the media...hopefully it will be because his books have been published. The tapestry on which his tales began started at birth in rural interior Alaska and his school years among the Ohio cornfields where he wished to be anywhere else as long as it was exciting. He has lived in Alaska, San Diego, DC, Baltimore, and Ohio. He tried a career in the Marines but injuries sent him home after only six months. He worked as dining manager at NSA, owned a computer shop, was a carpenter, farmer, actor, lumberjack, voice actor, EMT, network admin, helpdesk supervisor, Boy Scout leader, IT trainer, radio talk host, youth minister, and after 9/11 was a sergeant in the Alaska Defense Force Coastal Scouts. Until a recent ski injury he had been an avid weight lifter and could bench pres 420 lbs. Now he's limited to a bit on the eliptical machine each day and curling the occasional pint of Guinness. He lives in Anchorage Alaska with his wife and sons.
Plutonian Parodies	by Rhys Hughes Sep. 08, 2010	$0.99	8007 words	Sample 10%
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The Golden Age	by Christopher O'Kennon Sep. 08, 2010	$1.00	2678 words	Sample 25%
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Giving the Bride Away	by Sage Vivant Sep. 08, 2010	$4.95	68240 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Sage Vivant founded Custom Erotica Source in 1998 and for 10 years, transformed her clients' fantasies into compelling erotic tales. She is the author of Your Erotic Personality (Berkley Books, 2007), and with partner M. Christian, has co-edited several erotica anthologies, including Garden of the Perverse, Amazons, and Confessions. Her stories have appeared in dozens of anthologies and can be heard on Playboy Radio. This is her first novel.
Sword of Aris (Stormslayer)	by richard tomblinson Sep. 08, 2010	$4.99	55652 words	Sample 10%
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Jeremy Brown On Mars	by Simon Cheshire Sep. 08, 2010	$1.99	9730 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Simon Cheshire's first title appeared in 1997, and since then his books have been published in many countries around the world, and in several languages. He writes in a tiny room that used to be a walk-in cupboard, but which is now crammed with books, pieces of paper and empty chocolate bar wrappers. Some things you didn't know about Simon Cheshire • He is allergic to cats, horses and the entire city of Coventry. • His favourite food is fish. Or possibly chocolate. • He has no dress sense whatsoever, and usually goes around looking like a mobile rubbish tip. • His favourite activity is reading late at night, when everyone else is asleep. • He writes on a laptop computer running Linux Mint, using OpenOffice to write his books, Weebly to maintain his website and PacMan to waste his time. • He hates gardening, swimming and Christmas. • He believes in the existence of extra-terrestrials. • When he was growing up, he wanted to be either an actor or a film director. • He has travelled in China, India and Egypt and really, really wants to go to the Moon.
Jeremy Brown And The Mummy's Curse	by Simon Cheshire Sep. 08, 2010	$1.99	9425 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Simon Cheshire's first title appeared in 1997, and since then his books have been published in many countries around the world, and in several languages. He writes in a tiny room that used to be a walk-in cupboard, but which is now crammed with books, pieces of paper and empty chocolate bar wrappers. Some things you didn't know about Simon Cheshire • He is allergic to cats, horses and the entire city of Coventry. • His favourite food is fish. Or possibly chocolate. • He has no dress sense whatsoever, and usually goes around looking like a mobile rubbish tip. • His favourite activity is reading late at night, when everyone else is asleep. • He writes on a laptop computer running Linux Mint, using OpenOffice to write his books, Weebly to maintain his website and PacMan to waste his time. • He hates gardening, swimming and Christmas. • He believes in the existence of extra-terrestrials. • When he was growing up, he wanted to be either an actor or a film director. • He has travelled in China, India and Egypt and really, really wants to go to the Moon.
Jeremy Brown Of The Secret Service	by Simon Cheshire Sep. 08, 2010	$1.99	9536 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Simon Cheshire's first title appeared in 1997, and since then his books have been published in many countries around the world, and in several languages. He writes in a tiny room that used to be a walk-in cupboard, but which is now crammed with books, pieces of paper and empty chocolate bar wrappers. Some things you didn't know about Simon Cheshire • He is allergic to cats, horses and the entire city of Coventry. • His favourite food is fish. Or possibly chocolate. • He has no dress sense whatsoever, and usually goes around looking like a mobile rubbish tip. • His favourite activity is reading late at night, when everyone else is asleep. • He writes on a laptop computer running Linux Mint, using OpenOffice to write his books, Weebly to maintain his website and PacMan to waste his time. • He hates gardening, swimming and Christmas. • He believes in the existence of extra-terrestrials. • When he was growing up, he wanted to be either an actor or a film director. • He has travelled in China, India and Egypt and really, really wants to go to the Moon.
The Corrupt	by Jack Drew Sep. 08, 2010	Free!	8854 words	Read a sample
Author bio: In 2000, I entered two short stories in The Garden State Horror Writers' Association's annual short story contest. One story took Second Place and the other won the Graversen Award for that year. I was informed that no one has ever taken 2nd and 1st place together. After that, I was off and running. I've placed fiction in a bunch of outlets including print anthologies such as TALES FROM A DARKER STATE and DARK NOTES FROM NJ as well as web outlets like HORRORFIND.COM (under Brian Keene's helm) and the IN A FEARFUL STATE e-anthology from the GSHW. I currently reside in Central New Jersey where I split my time between my family and my writing. I've written several novels, all of which will be published in the next year or so from Screaming Aphony Press.
A Community Birthday	by Leslie Vaughn Weaver Sep. 08, 2010	$1.50	3657 words	Sample 35%
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The Twelve	by James K Burk Sep. 08, 2010	$3.99	80362 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: James K. Burk is to writing what a left-handed swordsman is to fencing; he approaches from different angles, seeing different openings. It's this quality that makes his chapbooks, STRANGE TWISTS OF FATE and ILLUSIONS OF SANITY so aptly named. His first fantasy novel, HIGH RAGE, is presently out of print and a collector's item. His second novel, HOME IS THE HUNTER, is about a faceless assassin who sometimes wonders if he'd also lost his soul. And, for fun, he's written stories for the Bubbas of the Apocalypse anthologies. "The Trailer Park Vampire Meets the Bubba Yumbie" was included in THE BEST OF THE BUBBAS.
In The Hands Of Time	by Ainy Rainwater Sep. 08, 2010	$4.99	77890 words	Sample 50%
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The Memoirs of Countess de Fontaine Part 2	by Missy Maxim Sep. 08, 2010	Free!	16469 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Ms. Maxim is a California resident with a music background. She's been writing non-stop for five years and loves compelling characters and happy endings.
Un bestiario (aproximadamente)	by Víctor Galeo Sep. 08, 2010	You set the price!	12199 words	Sample 50%
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Dark Hour Of The Night	by Daniel Nnerdy Sep. 08, 2010	$1.00	8588 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Name: Daniel Nnerdy Date of birth: 15th June 1970 Place of birth: Obazu Mbieri Education Attended: Waterside Primary School Umukune, in 1980, Obazu Communty Grammer School, in 1985, and other Distant Education courses. Profession: Did little Trading, Played Football, and have been to several countries for researches but now residing in Cote D’ivoire, where I have put this work together. Parents: Son of Dr. S.O. Nnerdy and a holy mother Prophetess Felicia Nnerdy, of the Shabat Mission Ezuhu Nguru, all in Imo state of Nigeria. Married: Nay Children: Nay Interests: Reading Novels, Literatures, Fictions, Sports, Traveling, music, Watching Films and Writing.
The Last Witch of Manhattan	by Richard Lewis Sep. 08, 2010	$2.99	82274 words	Sample 50%
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Elder Wonder Comes of Age	by Jaron Summers Sep. 08, 2010	$4.99	91284 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Jaron Summers is an author and screenwriter living in Los Angeles. Like Jerry Wonder in Elder Wonder Comes of Age, Summers was a young Mormon missionary in New Zealand. He could not write this novel until after his mother's death.
The Fairy Tale Bride	by Kelly McClymer Sep. 08, 2010	$2.99	88114 words	Sample 25%
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DUMPED!	by Dee Dawning Sep. 08, 2010	$4.99	26775 words	Sample 20%
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Deadly Lessons	by Marvin Miller Sep. 08, 2010	$1.00	27558 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Just a little old man that likes to write books.
The Eulogist	by Matthew Montague Sep. 08, 2010	Free!	1868 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Matt Montague raises kids and grass-fed beef in the Finger Lakes of upstate New York. Please feel free to review my writing. I am anxious to learn what people think.
From Me, With Love	by B.K. Wright Sep. 08, 2010	$1.99	7421 words	Sample 20%
Author bio: I have created/written Beau to Beau fictional stories of Male Love with sincerity to inspire gay men to embrace their sexuality and to enjoy their lives to the fullest, as is deservedly theirs to be realized. These stories are affirmations of the lives of gay men, a joyous celebration of the self as an entire person, not solely a gay person, which seems to be a “category” into which gay men have been thrust by the heterosexual community. This gay person categorization has been allotted with great negativity, seemingly to invoke a sense of shame into its inhabitants. Shame is not the gay man’s to be borne. Shame is the lot of the ignorant!~ My books are also available in print at my website - www.beautobeau.com. ~B.K. Wright~ Beau to Beau has a new author, B.J. Scott, who writes very XXX rated erotic gay short stories. They can be found at 1erotic ebooks, 1romance ebooks, and all romance ebooks, with full steamy excerpts on those sites.
我與貓的故事	by yami yami Sep. 08, 2010	Free!	18 words	Read a sample
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Brannai	by peter stulberg Sep. 08, 2010	Free!	85819 words	Read a sample
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Sex and Denial in a Northern Town	by Mark Curnane Sep. 08, 2010	Free!	2809 words	Read a sample
Author bio: International Educator - currently Principal at a school Malaysia (2010)
Matt's War	by Tony McFadden Sep. 07, 2010	$4.99	85170 words	Sample 25%
Author bio: Born in Canada, but thoroughly sick of snow, I live, with my wife and two kids, in coastal Australia. Half a kilometre from the beach beats snow any day of the week. I write thrillers and mysteries and mystery thrillers. If you're a fan of Romances, Chick-Lit or anything without mysteries or thrills, you've come to the wrong place.
Rhyme & Reason	by Criseida Santos Guevara Sep. 07, 2010	$3.99	44114 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: Nació en Monterrey, Nuevo León en 1978. Es maestra en Literatura Hispanoamericana por la New Mexico State University con especialidad en escritura creativa. Ha publicado ensayos sobre literatura mexicana y fronteriza en la revista de Humanidades del Tec de Monterrey. En 2003 co fundó la revista literaria de Universidad Estatal de Nuevo México, Arenas Blancas. Durante el verano de 2008 se reunió junto con varias escritoras de Monterrey para formar la Matraca Generation cuyo manifestó está en vías de construcción. Con Rhyme & Reason obtuvo Mención Honorífica en el Premio Binacional de Novela Joven Frontera de Palabras/Border of Words.
TDF (Incubus Short Story)	by Jess C Scott Sep. 07, 2010	$1.99	22746 words	Sample 10%
Author bio: Jess identifies herself as an author/artist/non-conformist. Her literary work has appeared in a diverse range of publications, such as Word Riot, ITCH Magazine, and The Battered Suitcase. She was a research assistant to the 2010 Jossey-Bass/Wiley publication, My Lie. She is currently working on an urban fantasy project featuring cyberpunk elves. Her novella, The Devilin Fey, hit #1 in Amazon’s “Hot New Releases in Bargain Books” in July 2010.
Amity	by Jeremy Brooks Sep. 07, 2010	$3.99	64631 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Author of edgy, dark fiction with satirical undernotes.
Sex With Sarah Palin	by Neil Crabtree Sep. 07, 2010	$0.99	26235 words	Sample 55%
Author bio: Neil Crabtree lives and writes in Miami, Florida. His short fiction has appeared in online journals like Verbsap.com, BewilderingStories.com, DenverSyntax.com, Tuesday Shorts, and in print in American Fiction, Vol.11 2010 from New Rivers Press. His comic thriller, Rooster: The Big Kaboom, will appear later in 2010. He is currently working on the second Rooster novel, Not Dead Yet, and another short story collection, Lies My Penis Told Me. A children’s storybook, Good Stories For Little Kids, will appear in the fall, 2010. He is the editor of Smashwords Books Reviewed, a blogspot that reviews the work of writers and publsihers at Smashwords. Authors ask for reviews via his email address. http://smashwordsreviewed.blogspot.com
Slim-to None!	by Patrick Wilson Sep. 07, 2010	$2.95	1251 words	Sample 45%
Author bio: Patrick James Wilson was born a Yankee in 1980. Now, he resides and work as a Southerner; he's married and has one daughter-- a slothful and vastly corpulent cat named Lily. Moreover, Patrick has a BA in English and is currently working on his MA in the same specialty. He also enjoys reading and writing as anyone who has read his blogs can tell.
A Few Short Stories	by Kenn Allan Sep. 07, 2010	$4.95	29664 words	Sample 22%
Author bio: "There is no greater reward than having one's work enjoyed by others; it is readers who validate the writer's very existence. Indeed, without continued enthusiasm and support, I fear the writer known as Kenn Allan would cease to exist."
Next Time...	by Karen Dale Trask Sep. 07, 2010	Free!	26785 words	Read a sample
Author bio: The multi-faceted Karen Stefaniak Trask grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, where she was encouraged to follow her dreams and ambitions, which were inspired by the accomplishments of Henry and Edsel Ford, Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers. Accomplished in her own right, the author, artist, designer and photographer writes and designs on a daily basis, always looking for the next ghost in the hall.
Turning Point	by Flavio Olcese Sep. 07, 2010	$0.99	33758 words	Sample 20%
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I Will Keep My Baby (Cub Bites)	by Candace Gold Sep. 07, 2010	$2.99	5277 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: With nearly 200 short stories and her third novel soon to be in print, sweet and spicy, Candy Caine AKA Candace Gold keeps her husband, Robert, on his toes in their Long Island, NY home. Supportive with her writing career, he’s always willing to help her make certain the scenes in her stories are authentic. After all, technique is so important for good writing. When asked why she began to write, Candy says: “I’ve always loved books and my biggest thrill is to bring the joy of reading to others. That’s what writing is all about.” To learn more about Candy visit her blog, “Candy Caine’s Corner,” at: www.candycaine.blogspot.com
Life with the Tumblers	by Mary E. Lowd Sep. 07, 2010	Free!	6109 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Mary E. Lowd lives in Eugene, Oregon, with her husband Daniel, daughter Elaine, and a plethora of pets -- five feline, three canine, one aquatic, and one robotic. Her short fiction has been published in a variety of venues, and she updates her webcomic SPACE HOUNDS! twice weekly.
The Vril Codex	by ben manning Sep. 07, 2010	$2.50	76450 words	Sample 30%
Author bio: novelist featured recently on Radio 4's You and yours programme regarding vanity publishing and my first novel which i would like to discuss here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s2p3y#p007n33y please refer to chapter 4 of the programme. I am also a trained actor with experience and have been published on various websites and publications. I also teach and lecture about the romantic poets and do guided tours of the home of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
The Ride (Cub Bites)	by Hazel Mills Sep. 07, 2010	$2.99	5488 words
Author bio: African American Literary Award nominated author, Hazel Mills, knew that she wanted to be a writer from the moment she penned the first words of a poem titled “A Tree” when she was in the third grade. Even though she majored in business at the University of Alabama, writing continued to be her first love. Hazel’s short erotic fiction has been published in Playgirl Magazine’s Erotic Encounters (January 2007 issue) and in Best Lesbian Love Stories: New York City, edited by Simone Thorne (November 2006, Alyson Books). Her essays have been published as a part of Jolie Dupre’s series in The Blushing Ladies Journal. PassionScape is her monthly column published online by EDC Creations and Sankofa Literary Society. She is also a contributing author to the award-winning anthology, Mocha Chocolate: Taste A Piece of Ecstasy, edited by Shani Greene-Dowdell. Hazel’s debut collection of critically acclaimed erotic short stories, Bare Necessities: Sensuous Tales of Passion (April 2008, Xpress Yourself Publishing) has been nominated for several literary awards. She is an editor for EroticExpressions.net and a contributing author to the highly anticipated upcoming release, The Triumph of My Soul: The Breakthrough (2009). Hazel’s new book, Journey To Surrender, is also slated for release in 2009 by Xpress Yourself Publishing. Visit Hazel at www.hazelmillsstories.com and in Myspace: www.myspace.com/hazelmillsstories
A Summer's Eve	by Terry Odell Sep. 07, 2010	$0.99	5834 words	Sample 50%
Author bio: Terry Odell began writing by mistake, when her son mentioned a television show and she thought she'd be a good mom and watch it so they'd have common ground for discussions. Little did she know she would enter the world of writing, first via fanfiction, then through internet groups, and finally with groups with real, live partners. Her first publications were short stories, but she found more freedom in longer works and began what she thought was a mystery. Her daughters told her it was a romance so she began learning more about the genre and craft. She belongs to both the Romance Writers of America and Mystery Writers of America. Now a multi-published, award winning author, Terry resides with her husband in the mountains of Colorado.
Wedding Bell Blues	by Ellie Ferguson Sep. 07, 2010	$3.99	94096 words	Sample 25%
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Better Verse	by Steven Bennett Sep. 07, 2010	Free!	496 words	Read a sample
Author bio: Steve Bennett was born in Boston and has remained literary ever since, even after moving to Southern California where he lives, with his family, in Julian.

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