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    By Richard R. Smith

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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      Richard R. Smith has been writing SF since 1949, except for the year that I spent climbing up and down hills in Korea. Former office manager for a construction company, and a chess enthusiast, he now writes full time and adds, My main ambition in life is to write SF for the next forty years!

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      by ... Richard R. Smith

      There are many ways—murder included—in which husbands can settle certain problems. This was even more drastic!

      George stood by the fireplace, his features twisted into a grimace. It's hell, I tell you. A living hell.

      I sipped my drink and tried to think of a subtle way to change the subject. I didn't like to hear a person's personal problems

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