Whitley Strieber 1987
- What it is
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Meeting beings from another world · properly scary
- Genre
- Memoir Nature
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It leaves you shaken · a farewell that moves you
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It leaves you shaken · a farewell that moves you
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It leaves you shaken · a farewell that moves you
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It makes you cry, in a good way · a farewell that moves you
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It's hiding a secret · a farewell that moves you
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As atmospheric and unsettling as yours, only more morally grey and wry
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