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Nightmare in Lace

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Nightmare in Lace

Nightmare in Lace

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He wanted a babydoll. What came wore lace, stood where the graves keep their flowers, and danced where the moonlight was.

The street finished its own decorations. Pumpkins in every window. A pale city of spires above the fog, colder than the lane.