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    The Smiler
    The Smiler
    The Smiler
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    The Smiler

    By Albert Hernhuter

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Another short-short story by Hernhuter that has an air of cleverness--but really isn't.

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    The Smiler - Albert Hernhuter

    The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Smiler, by Albert Hernhunter

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    Title: The Smiler

    Author: Albert Hernhunter

    Release Date: October 28, 2009 [EBook #30353]

    Language: English

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    Have you ever written science fiction? Have your stories been rejected? Herein may lie the reason.

    The Smiler

    By Albert Hernhunter

    Your name?

    Cole. Martin Cole.

    Your profession?

    A very important one. I am a literary agent specializing in science fiction. I sell the work of various authors to magazine and book publishers.

    The Coroner paused to study Cole; to ponder the thin, mirthless smile. The Coroner said, "Mr. Cole, this inquest has been called to look into the death of one Sanford Smith, who was found near your home with a gun in his hand and a bullet in his brain. The theory of

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