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Ned passed the next few minutes quietly not dying in his office, and was pleased with how well it was going. He'd stayed alive longer, but now that he was concentrating on it, it felt more like an accomplishment.

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Quiet descended, a silence so consuming that even the drafty corridors ceased whistling. Bog wasn't certain where to look, so he solved the problem by plucking out his eyes and sticking them in a drawer.

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He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas.

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In the middle of nowhere, along a quiet stretch of road, the diner dreamt of the hungry dead. And of two men.

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I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in as simple a form as necessity dictates. When a thing is labeled 'complex,' that's just a roundabout way of saying you're not observant enough to understand it.

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Because life is complicated and difficult. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't truly lived.

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It was one thing to hide away from the world. It was quite another to discover the world didn't miss you when you were gone.

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All coincidences are Odd. That's what makes them coincidences.

A. Lee Martinez

A. Lee Martinez

A. Lee Martinez

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Born: January 12, 1973 (age 51)

Bio: A. Lee Martinez is an American fantasy and science fiction author. He has been a member of the DFW Writers' Workshop since 1995. He currently resides in Terrell, Texas.

Known for:

Gil's All Fright Diner (2005)
Divine Misfortune (2010)
The Automatic Detective (2008)
A Nameless Witch (2007)
Too Many Curses (2008)

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