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			<title>Agoraphobia</title>
			<description>A woman who fears the outside world searches for what she needs in order to start anew and leave her fear behind.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/1023127/</link>
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			<title>Clay</title>
			<description>&quot;He wanted to fly away, to escape from his failed life.  He wanted to leave.  He wanted to live. &quot;  Seldom do we realize that death is a form of freedom.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/989267/</link>
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			<title>Oscillations</title>
			<description>&quot;Was that the only future?  Would we really be together?  Would I really endure such disappointing emptiness?&quot;  A girl who sees the future is left wondering whether or not it can be changed.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/983216/</link>
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			<title>The Swan</title>
			<description>&quot;Fool.  It is you who are blind.  May your words fly back to scar you.&quot;  A man pays the price for his greed after he scorns a crone who is more than she seems.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/980371/</link>
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			<title>Mirror</title>
			<description>&quot;And it eats you alive/With its razored teeth/A smile of blood/While your remains weep.&quot;  Sometimes, you are the only thing that stands in your way.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/980356/</link>
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			<title>Fortunes</title>
			<description>How do we ever know which path to take in life?  In the end, we must all face reality and choose whether or not to turn away and accept the hand of Fate.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/979512/</link>
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			<title>The Girl Who Heard the Rain</title>
			<description>&quot;I was, I am the girl who heard the rain.  And I am a failure.  When the time came for me to save a life, I turned my back instead and shut out the voices of the storm.&quot;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/829649/</link>
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			<title>Lollie's Ballad</title>
			<description>An &quot;ode&quot;, of sorts, to those who have been bullied.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/816247/</link>
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			<title>What Came After</title>
			<description>For anyone who's ever read &quot;The Yellow Wallpaper&quot;, this is an alternate ending I had to write for a class.  It's a little creepy and a lot of whimsy.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/803930/</link>
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			<title>Longing &amp; Loneliness</title>
			<description>A burning yearning that will forever be ignored and tossed aside.  To You, I don't exist.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/790321/</link>
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			<title>Words</title>
			<description>We are the ones without a sound/Whose lips do not move/Who have always been silent.
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/786575/</link>
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			<title>The Swan</title>
			<description>If you love someone who wants to be free, do you let them go?  Or do you continue to cage them, smothering them in a prison of your own feelings until they expire?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/773600/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 25</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;A loud clapof thunder woke Fye from his slumber.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; He peeredsleepily around the darkened room.&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;Wha&amp;rsquo;s goin&amp;rsqu..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/769075/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 24</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Fye cameinto the room followed closely by Mowells.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mao had gonehome to check on her siblings and get some much-needed sleep.&amp;nbsp;&amp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/769074/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 23</title>
			<description>&quot;Sheneeds surgery.&quot;The doctorstood outside of Norah's room with Fye and Mowells.Shecontinued, &quot;Her arteries are caked with plaque. If we don't fix this now,there's a very high chance that she'll have ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/769073/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 22</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The car spedrecklessly along the highway.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Fye drovedaringly now.&amp;nbsp; He no longer needed a map&amp;#2013266048;&quot; he knew the directions..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/769072/</link>
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			<title>The Water</title>
			<description>I don't really know how to describe this.  Beautiful things are oftentimes the most dangerous.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/768989/</link>
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			<title>Lost</title>
			<description>A piece about writer's block.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/768986/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 21</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;Thank youall so much for coming.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Glasses andsilverware were laid out on the long wooden table along with bottles ofhigh..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/765352/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 20</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The guests had all arrived, and the innwas now filled with the sound of chatter and suitcases rolling along the woodenfloors.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/765350/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 19</title>
			<description>In anticipation of the trip, thenext two weeks seemed to drag on forever.&amp;nbsp;Fye took endless trips down to the beach and filled dozens of canvaseswith nervous energy.&amp;nbsp; El, meanwhile,paced the countertop with such focus that her claws wore h..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/765349/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 18</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Riyelshifted the documents in his arms and rang the buzzer.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;ldquo;Pona,&amp;rdquo; hesaid, &amp;ldquo;I have the papers you wanted.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbs..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/765348/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 17</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Fye wokeearly.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The sunstreamed in through his bedroom curtains and illuminated dust motes in th..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/765347/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 16</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Elevine wokeearly the next morning.&amp;nbsp; Her back wassore, and she was irritable.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Thenightmare lingered in her mind.&amp;nbsp; Shehadn..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/763326/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 15</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;She dreamt that she was running through aforest, barefoot.&amp;nbsp; Branches tore at herhair and drew lines across her bare skin.&amp;nbsp;The taste of ashes was in her mouth, and dirt clung to her legs.&amp;nb..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/763324/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 14</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Therestaurant was crowded and dimly-lit; the smell of sizzling kabobs and exoticspices filled the air.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Fye sniffedappreciatively as h..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/763323/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 13</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Riyel wenthome later that morning in his truck.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Fye draggedhimself out of bed and made breakfas..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/763321/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 12</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The morningsunlight streamed through the thick curtains and beamed straight into Riyel&amp;rsquo;sface.&amp;nbsp; He groaned &amp;#2013266048;&quot; his head felt muggy,and his ears still rang from the alcohol he&amp;rsquo;d..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/763319/</link>
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			<title>One Last Breath</title>
			<description>Nothing is eternal, especially life.  It disappears with a breath, gone forever.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/761432/</link>
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			<title>Ghost's Dream</title>
			<description>Sometimes I have this dream where I'm just lying on the seafloor.  It's so peaceful that I really wish it were possible to stop time and just lie there.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/761430/</link>
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			<title>Trees &amp; Inner Demons</title>
			<description>I wrote this in a test book, which I did not have the liberty of taking with me when I left. I've recopied it from memory to the best of my ability, but the original was better. Please review!
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/761427/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 11</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Riyel tugged at the collar ofhis navy dress shirt and picked up another wineglass from a passingwaiter.&amp;nbsp; He&amp;rsquo;d left Fye upon arrival sevenhours ago at the Tellurim &amp;#2013266048;&quot; he&amp;rsquo;d..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/761417/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 10</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;Fye!!&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The sharpcry cut through the milling crowd.&amp;nbsp; Fye&amp;rsquo;seyes quickly scanned the mob and spotted Pona a few feet away.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/761416/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 9</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The truckleft quickly in a cloud of wispy smoke.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Fye andRiyel had spent all morning poring over the directions Pona had given them for..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/761415/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 8</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;As soon asPona had left, it had begun to rain.&amp;nbsp; Theafternoon swiftly transitioned into night, and the deep sky filled with greystorm clouds that poured their contents unto Puri Beach.The doorbel..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/761413/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 7</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The weekspassed by in a blur, pastel on a canvas, one day flowing into the next.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Elevine hadnothing to do, given her current situation ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/761411/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 6</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;Forthe last time, I refuse to go.&amp;rdquo;Elevinewas reclining on the windowsill in Fye&amp;rsquo;s room, listening to his phoneconversation.&amp;nbsp; Pona was on the otherline, and they had been discussing the details of his&amp;hellip;date (she win..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/761409/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 5</title>
			<description>Fyewas up at dawn.&amp;nbsp; He checked on El, makingsure that he hadn&amp;rsquo;t rolled over and squished her in his sleep.&amp;nbsp; The cat was fine, her sides moving up anddown evenly.&amp;nbsp; Her ears twitched in hersleep, but otherwise she was motionless...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/761406/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 4</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;Thelight.&amp;nbsp; It&amp;rsquo;s too bright.&amp;nbsp; Will someone turn that off?&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;ldquo;Ithink she&amp;rsquo;s coming around, Doctor.&amp;nbsp; Whatshould I do?&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbs..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/761403/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 3</title>
			<description> A girl, newly orphaned, attempts suicide and ends up turning into a cat. A series of strange events leads her to the land of Kor in which she encounters even more unexpected events.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/679619/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 2</title>
			<description> A girl, newly orphaned, attempts suicide and ends up turning into a cat. A series of strange events leads her to the land of Kor in which she encounters even more unexpected events.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/679616/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs Ch. 1</title>
			<description> A girl, newly orphaned, attempts suicide and ends up turning into a cat. A series of strange events leads her to the land of Kor in which she encounters even more unexpected events.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/679057/</link>
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			<title>A Strange State of Affairs</title>
			<description>A girl, newly orphaned, attempts suicide and ends up turning into a cat.  A series of strange events leads her to the land of Kor in which she encounters even more unexpected events.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/IAmGhost120/679052/</link>
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