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    The Metronome
    The Metronome
    The Metronome
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    The Metronome

    By George Kavsekhornak

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    "Is it your Doberman?" The military man asked.
    "Yes, it's a girl, her name is Ilda."
    "It's just... Without a muzzle," the man in uniform continued.
    "She doesn't bite," the girl patted the head of her pet; causing the dog crouched and has folded ears.
    "How did we get here?" The woman didn't know whom to ask and, therefore, asked an emptiness in front of her.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGeorge Kavsekhornak
    Release dateOct 1, 2015
    ISBN9781311783714
    The Metronome
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    George Kavsekhornak

    George Kavsekhornak was born in Leningrad. Now he lives in Saint-Petersburg (Russia). He writes stories in the style of "urban fantasy" when a number of amazing and necessarily things want to be shared. He writes, on the one hand in the style of openly expressing respect for images created by the classics of Russian literature and the legacy of the plot metamorphosis foreign fiction, on the other hand.

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      The Metronome - George Kavsekhornak

      The METRONOME

      Copyright 2015 George Kavsekhornak

      Published by George Kavsekhornak at Smashwords

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      Chapter One – 00.00

      Chapter Two – 03.14

      Chapter Three – 06:28

      Chapter Four – 12:56

      Chapter Five – 88.88

      Chapter One – 00.00

      A large black-and-tan dog shook off the water, banging his head so hard that dog's cheeks hung upside-down, exposing white fangs. Splashes hit at the people lying side by side. They started to revive.

      What happened with me? A man in a military uniform leaned on his hands and sat down.

      Where are we? A middle-aged woman was looking around.

      "I think

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