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    To Stay Behind
    To Stay Behind
    To Stay Behind
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    To Stay Behind

    By Dwayne Phillips

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    A plague has hit the world. The healthy flee the cities to try to survive in the countryside. The old and dying are doomed to stay behind.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDwayne Phillips
    Release dateMar 11, 2013
    ISBN9781301844609
    To Stay Behind
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    Dwayne Phillips

    A systems and computer engineer since 1980. A short story fiction writer.

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      To Stay Behind - Dwayne Phillips

      To Stay Behind

      Dwayne Phillips

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