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    Dark Things
    Dark Things
    Dark Things
    Ebook52 pages44 minutes

    Dark Things

    By David J. Lovato

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    A collection of four short stories. Read the transmissions of an astronaut en route to an alien planet in "The Journal." Join an FBI agent as he attempts to track a killer using spontaneous human combustion to murder his victims in "The Fire Inside." Discover things about human nature and paranoia in "A New Place." Wander the city with a vampire in "Until Morning Comes."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid J. Lovato
    Release dateJun 12, 2010
    ISBN9781452364780
    Dark Things
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    David J. Lovato

    I live in Kansas City, where I spend most of my time reading, writing, or reading and writing.

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