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Thursday, January 26, 2006

EXTRACTION

by Ed Webb


This may hurt a little

But please try to relax

He smiled

As he began to drill into my country


Ed Webb is a Brit who lives in Philadelphia. His checkered career includes diplomacy on behalf of a faded imperial power, a soon-to-be-finished (no, really) doctorate in politics, and a serious science fiction addiction.