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Flying Clean

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Reads 81,710
Votes 1,996
Parts 13
Time 2h 58m

In 1937, Derrick Hardy went to work on the Desmond farm, hoping only to keep a little bread on the table and a few dollars in his pocket.  What he found instead was a family of monstrous tendencies and a penchant for violence.

Now, Derrick is on the run from a nation-wide manhunt.  He is suspected of kidnapping four of the Desmond children and there is no safe place for him to hide.

From a 2008 novella by Grady Richards, split up by chapter.All Rights Reserved

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