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Masquerade
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And the touch of her own mask, at first cool and clammy leather, but quickly like a second skin, and the play it gives her, herself a stage, her every breath a performance, and yet (herein lies the magic) also and entirely true. Every game, every lie flirting and cruel - and the house is full of them, games and lies - is real as knives, for the masquerade has come to define the night. The false face of everyday, that hides reality beneath flesh and skin, is itself hidden beneath the fantasy that
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― Best New Horror 17
― Best New Horror 17
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Everyone has slipped behind their alter ego, becoming someone different or perhaps closer to who they truly are.
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― The Tiger and the Cosmonaut
― The Tiger and the Cosmonaut
