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  1. Richard Matheson _ The Best of Richard Matheson

    Cornered again, Mr. Cook reluctantly made a third duplicate; then a fourth, a fifth. The city, albeit large, soon became thick with William O. Cooks. He would come upon himself at corners, discover himself asking himself for lights, end up, quite literally, beside himself.
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  2. Richard Matheson _ The Best of Richard Matheson

    They sat there in the evening of the last day. And, though there was no actual point to it, they loved each other.
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  3. Richard Matheson _ The Best of Richard Matheson

    They thought he was blind until the doctor told them it was just a vacuous stare. He told them that Jules, with his large head, might be a genius or an idiot. It turned out he was an idiot. He never spoke a word until he was five. Then, one night coming up to supper, he sat down at the table and said "Death."
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  4. Richard Matheson _ The Best of Richard Matheson

    They said he used to cackle and bark in his crib after dark. They said he walked at two months and sat staring at the moon whenever it shone. Those were things that people said. His parents were always worried about him. An only child, they noticed his flaws quickly. They thought he was blind until the doctor told them it was just a vacuous stare.
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  5. Richard Matheson _ The Best of Richard Matheson

    And this knowledge you say you've acquired-are you conscious of an increase in it since your ill-fated visit to the library?" Fed nodded. "I know more than ever.
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  6. Richard Matheson _ The Best of Richard Matheson

    he went to clean up the library with a fellow janitor; but the moment he entered the huge room, he gasped, put his heads to his temples and fell down on one knee, gasping, "My head! My head!
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  7. Richard Matheson _ The Best of Richard Matheson

    Tell ya the man's got a private line t'Moscow," he said. "A few men like that in office and we're in for it, take my word.
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  8. Richard Matheson _ The Best of Richard Matheson

    Stewardess!" She came running down the aisle, her face tightened with alarm. When she saw the look on his face, she stiffened in her tracks. "There's a man out there! A man!" cried Wilson. "What?" Skin constricted on her cheeks, around her eyes. "Look, look!" Hand shaking, Wilson dropped back into his seat and pointed out the window. "He's crawling on the-" The words ended with a choking rattle in his throat. There was nothing on the wing.
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