Victor’s served up vice in every flavor in the heart of Smithtown.  Nestled neatly between the Nissaquoge River and the town’s treasured statue of an anatomically correct bull, it was the only place that would give a girl with a degree in marketing a job that didn’t involve a drive through. It had been

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The hearts of her parents were just as barren as the forsaken wood in which they lived when Fallon was born.    The night was black and joyless. Her parents, consumed with love only for one another, had none to spare for the poor, hungry waif. Instead, she was left to fend for herself with

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(Read Skin Deep part one in the previous halloween edition of Exiles.  http://www.exilesmagazine.com/2012/11/08/skin-deep/) If Looks Could Kill (Skin Deep II) “Chloe, Dear!” Cried Shelly Montague, hurrying toward me with a plate of mini quiches. I tried to slip away, but my living room was so packed with people that I couldn’t move more than two feet

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14th day of Salmenber, Year 1166 Kreshey Province, Borderlands of the Kingdom of Astoord Colonel Galbrick Yol’Brey, 15th Infantry of The one True King, Cecil Barrington the 3rd 1930 hours We lost many men on the march; some to disease, others to freak accidents and even a few to infighting. But the biggest killer of

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How could a beautiful day end up such a tragedy—especially a Friday? I pulled into the driveway after dropping off ten-year-old June atSharon’s house. What struck me as odd and out of sync with the rest of the day, was the cat, scrunched in the corner behind the swing, looked ready to pounce on the

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             Special Agent Dave Anderson of the FBI was working hard in his office on Tuesday morning.  He sat at his desk, typing furiously on a computer.  He was in the middle of some important and highly classified counter-terrorism work when his superior entered the room.              “Dave!”              “Yes sir.”  Dave stopped everything and

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The Most Dangerous Words By Michael Levy “I just don’t know if I can do it Steve,” said Theodore Nightmare. “Building a practical neural network computer may be beyond us.” “You can’t tell me that Theo. Do you know how much of my family’s money I’ve sunk into this project? Not to mention what we’ve

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