Twenty Bodies
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The year is 1901 and a man has fallen naked from the clouds into a cemetery. In a small town called Haven, he is famous for all the wrong reasons but there is one pressing problem - he has no idea who he is.
In this short story of crime, identity and an obscure gift, the towns folk of Haven not only debate a second chance but get given one themselves.
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