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Within the Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

A veil had been rent... He cried in a whisper at some image, some vision---he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath:

"The horror! The horror!"

Dedicated to those named and nameless, those seeing and unseen, September 11th, 2001.

Copyright ©2001 Joseph Conrad. All Rights Reserved.

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October, 2001
Issue #66

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