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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Wood, Brian, 1982– author.

Title: Joytime killbox : stories / Brian Wood.

Description: First edition. | Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, Ltd., 2019. |
Series: American reader series no. 33 |

Identifiers: LCCN 2019021033 | ISBN 9781942683919 (paperback) | ISBN 9781942683926 (ebook)

Classification: LCC PS3623.O6234 A6 2019 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019021033

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