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The Monster Within

ISBN: 978-1-64890-810-1

Edited by BJ Toth

Published in October 2024 by NineStar Press, New Mexico, USA.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Also available in Print, ISBN: 978-1-64890-811-8

CONTENT WARNING:

This book contains sexually explicit content, which may only be suitable for mature readers. Depictions of graphic violence, the death of a secondary character, mutilation, fire, physical, mental, and magical abuse of adults and children, and suicidal thoughts.