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D.C. Chester
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D.C. Chester

The cemetery is directly across this abandoned section of Hwy 20

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Rigo
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Rigo

Rigo is skilled enough to re-point this kind of masonry; it is not his only skill.

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Skinny Boy
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Skinny Boy

A better pet-owner story won’t be written not nohow.

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Piaf
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Piaf

Sylvia Beach isn’t a place name.

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Hate Crime Elegance
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Hate Crime Elegance

I didn’t hear what The New Yorker’s Editor yelled. I think it was “Warning, Will Robinson. Warning!

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Bob and Dylan
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Bob and Dylan

If you think Warren Zevon accented the last syllable of his name, you won’t understand Bob or Dylan.

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N3
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N3

This kid has been tasked with the supervision of the writing of N3; call him “Redactor”.

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Dirty-Rotten
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Dirty-Rotten

You’re not supposed to be able to tell …if it’s all true.

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Chosin Cold
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Chosin Cold

Where a man has been, what he’s done, who can tell?

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Doctor Pongtree
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Doctor Pongtree

I might characterize this as having been revealed to me by H.P. Lovecraft at a seance, but I will leave it to your good self to decide Dr. Pongtree’s authenticity.

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