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SATIRE
Study in Unreality
Short story with characters spouting such amazing sentences as only a radio continuity writer could ever imagine
February
1
1939
PARKE CUMMINGS
Study in Unreality
PARKE CUMMINGS
February
1
1939
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SATIRE
Study in Unreality
Short story with characters spouting such amazing sentences as only a radio continuity writer could ever imagine
February
1
1939
PARKE CUMMINGS
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