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Welcome to the fifth story for the month of October 2021 issue 181.

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This story is titled Rain Falling in the Pines and is by Lavi Tidar.

Lavi Tidar, we can be found at lavitidar.wordpress.com, is the author of Osama,

the violent century, a man lies dreaming, central station, unholy land, and by force alone.

His latest novels are The Hood and the Escapement.

His awards include the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award,

the John W. Campbell Award, the newcomer prize, and the Gerwood Fiction Uncovered prize.

And if you like what you hear, you can go back to blue and blue and blue and pink,

Venus and Bloom, Gubbinal, the Oracle, and the bookseller.

So my dear listener, I hope you can sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story.

1. Two men in Dark Sunglasses stepped through the doors of the Monti Carmelo.

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