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    Homebody / Way out: 2 Short Stories
    Homebody / Way out: 2 Short Stories
    Homebody / Way out: 2 Short Stories
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    Homebody / Way out: 2 Short Stories

    By Daniela Mattes

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    Two short stories taken from a series of german short stories (Mystery and Horror) by the author and translated by Julia Haass.
    Homebody: What do you do, when you wake up in the morning and find a dead body on your kitchen floor which nobody else can see?
    Way out: A man is trapped in a forest and cannot find the way out. The only one who can get in and out has a secret …
    LanguageEnglish
    Publisherepubli
    Release dateJul 10, 2021
    ISBN9783754141199
    Homebody / Way out: 2 Short Stories

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