The Two Sides of the Same Coin.
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Complete Wed, Mar 26, 2025<5 mins
A very short story of a detective trying to hunt down a killer, classic noir like story right? Well there's a little twist at the end, btw this is VEEEEEERRRRYYYY short, it has about 2000 or less letters in it.
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