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    To Dust You Shall Return and Other Stories
    To Dust You Shall Return and Other Stories
    To Dust You Shall Return and Other Stories
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    To Dust You Shall Return and Other Stories

    By Sean Melican

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    A collection of previously published and two unpublished stories, with locales ranging from ancient Ireland to Civil War South Carolina to the modern to deep space, these stories investigate what it means to be human.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSean Melican
    Release dateAug 22, 2012
    ISBN9781476385716
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