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The Skull

by Philip K. Dick · 1952

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Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. He wasn't concerned about getting the wrong man. He knewwhat the man looked like. There was no way he could make a mistake about his target's identity — he had the man's skull under his shoulder.

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adult
Length
short · 24 pages
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