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“It was incomprehensible to Ricky that anyone could find Milburn boring: if you watched it closely for seventy years, you saw the century at work.”

Quote by Peter Straub

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Peter Straub is a renowned American author of horror fiction, born on March 2, 1943. His works are known for their unique atmosphere of terror and profound psychological descriptions, and are considered classics in the field of horror literature. more

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