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    A Sleeptime Story: A Short Story
    A Sleeptime Story: A Short Story
    A Sleeptime Story: A Short Story
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    A Sleeptime Story: A Short Story

    By Dan Agbeje

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    He wakes to a nightmare...
    A short story based on The God Touched

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDan Agbeje
    Release dateJun 24, 2018
    ISBN9780463182376
    A Sleeptime Story: A Short Story
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    Dan Agbeje

    Dan Agbeje was born in Brisbane and followed his parents to Nigeria, where he spent most of his younger days. His first book, My Angel the Devil was published in 2017. He currently lives in the Pilbara, Western Australia, with his partner and surrounded by loved ones both human and otherwise.

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      A Sleeptime Story - Dan Agbeje

      A Sleeptime Story

      Dan Agbeje

      Dedicated to those who love life.

      A Sleeptime Story Copyright © 2017 by Dan Agbeje. All Rights Reserved.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review. 

      Cover designed cutesy of Canva 

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. 

      Dan Agbeje

      Visit my website at www.danagbeje.com 

      He woke to pitch blackness. It was something he had never experienced before. A darkness, which seemed to have swallowed all that was around him. He knew his eyes were open, yet he widened them for good measure. No light slipped in.

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