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Tag: evacuation

Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Short Fiction

A Dog Named Job by Peter Biles

October 3, 2025June 14, 2025 literallystories2014

The city of Nodding had built the eight bullet trains in case the day of the bomb ever came, and when the day did come, to the horror of all, Jennings was at Pet Smart to buy dog food.

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