One Small Cog
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Morgan Allsop is dead. It's not a big deal. Everyone in the godforsaken city of Gloomwood is dead. They don't know why they're there, if it was a punishment or a reward, or if it was neither. Morgan doesn't dwell on it. All he wants to do is drive his taxi. If only death were that simple.
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