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Going South!

Where will the road lead?

Shain E. Thomas

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“There is something perplexing on the horizon,” thought D.C.I. John Edward Hopkins, “and it does not bode well for me.”

This past week, according to Earnest Minton, his wife travelled south to London. Curiously, like New York State, there exists in London an area known as Sleepy Hollow.

Sleepy Hollow, for at least a century, has been highly industrialised. It is more Greater London than actual London.

Georgina Minton, having crossed paths with Desk Sergeant Richard Gough at the local police station, expressed concerns about her son. Earnest and Georgina, frantically worried by their son’s disappearance, were looking for Robert.

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Shain E. Thomas
Shain E. Thomas

Written by Shain E. Thomas

With an M.Sc. from the University of North Texas, I’m a freelance journalist and a social historian. #APStylebook #BBCStyleGuide http://shainethomas.com/

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