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Tag: Souls in torment

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Good Intentions by Deborah-Zenha Adams

June 2, 2022February 7, 2022 literallystories2014

You need a fierce imagination to get along in Hell, and yet creative thinking is not appreciated here, and change is practically a dirty word to the old coots who run the place.

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