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    I Swear It Happened Just Like This
    I Swear It Happened Just Like This
    I Swear It Happened Just Like This
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    I Swear It Happened Just Like This

    By Khaled Talib

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    Scary stories, funny stories, philosophical stories, strange-but-true stories, and more. 17 personal stories altogether to share with your friends to keep the conversation going when words expire.
    Readers have described this book of little stories as calming and humorous at the same time; a book you can take anywhere, anytime.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKhaled Talib
    Release dateDec 10, 2019
    ISBN9780463816905
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      I Swear It Happened Just Like This - Khaled Talib

      I Swear It Happened Just Like This

      By Khaled Talib

      Published by Newsline Communications

      Copyright 2016 Khaled Talib 

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without prior written permission and/ or approval of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Some names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals.

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      Foreword

      That awkward silence when you run out of things to talk about.  You’re at the risk of falling into a dark chasm of your mind, now turned into a labyrinth with a Minotaur ready to pounce on you. I know that feeling

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