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    This Way To the Egress
    This Way To the Egress
    This Way To the Egress
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    This Way To the Egress

    By Andrew Fetler

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    There were no children here. But he heard them. They were talking outside the window. Was he losing his mind?

    This Way To the Egress, a Science Fiction Classic, was written by Andrew Fetler and first appeared in the Worlds of If Science Fiction magazine in January 1963.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEli Jayne
    Release dateFeb 7, 2020
    ISBN9781087865492
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