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“And a Merry Christmas to you." "Well, sir," he said, "it won't be long now, will it, until old soup-for-brains with the long white beard will come a-jingling over our housetops with goodies for us all." "No--Guess not." "A man who whips little reindeer is capable of anything," said Hackleman.”

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While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction

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