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    Model Pet
    Model Pet
    Model Pet
    Ebook21 pages13 minutes

    Model Pet

    By Jack Kardiac

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    A short story from the pages of Snapdragon.

    A friendly neighbor. One cat. One weekend. What could possibly go wrong?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJack Kardiac
    Release dateOct 21, 2014
    ISBN9781311619273
    Model Pet
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    Jack Kardiac

    Jack Kardiac was born in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was fed a steady diet of Marvel comic books, Twilight Zone episodes and Alfred Hitchcock paperbacks. He watches Die Hard every Christmas and Peter Jackson’s King Kong every summer.Jack currently lives in the remote jungles of Indonesia where he teaches Creative Writing to young, impressionable minds. He writes short stories about creepy creatures, kids with superpowers and a handful of Biblical tales, all well worth your time and money.And yes, he has his very own clone.

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