tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92012187606765172892024-03-04T22:23:26.458-08:00THE SOMNAMBULIST A-ZEssie Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611324005960689918noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9201218760676517289.post-87472990574086094942010-12-20T10:04:00.000-08:002012-02-08T05:52:47.512-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="main-outer" style="border-top: rgb(255,255,255) 0px solid; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="fauxborder-left main-fauxborder-left" style="background-position: 0% 0%; position: relative;"><div class="region-inner main-inner" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 30px; position: relative; width: auto;"><div class="columns fauxcolumns" style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="columns-inner" style="min-height: 0px;"><div class="column-center-outer" style="float: left; position: relative; width: 880px;"><div class="column-center-inner" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="main section" id="main" style="margin: 0px 15px;"><div class="widget Blog" id="Blog1" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="blog-posts hfeed"><div class="date-outer"><div class="date-posts"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-body entry-content" style="position: relative; width: 820px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">he Somnambulist </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">weaves a spellbinding tale of guilt and deception, regret and lost love, where every heart holds a secret...and on this page you'll find some clues regarding what that secret might be, beginning with the letter...</span></blockquote></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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