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Ethan Brand   Nathaniel Hawthorne

absurdity  analogy annihilated   begrimed  betwixt  corporeal  Delectable Mountains  diorama  fiends hobgoblins  infernal kiln  lurid  nigh  Nuremberg   obtuse  orifice   portenous   ragamuffin   recompense   reverberated    Unpardonable Sin   verge  vexed  wayfarer  

Eva is Inside Her Cat   Gabriel Garcia Marquez

absurd  accentuated  amorphous  anguish  arsenic   caste  chinks   conjecture   corporeal  debilitated  feline heliotrope   imbecilic implacable  incarnate insomnia  irrational  irrevocable  limbo  luminous  martyrizing  metaphysical   naivete  palate  precipice   refuge  repugnant   resign  resignation siege somber   spontaneously subcutaneous  temporal   tenacious tranquil  tumor

Eyes of a Blue Dog   Gabriel Garcia Marcquez

anointed diminish    drooping  malleable   profile  reverently  solitude  subordinated   tremulous  varnish

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar   Edgar Allan Poe

articulo mortis* ascertained allude adhesion  abeyance compiler clairvoyance endeavor epoch emaciation ejaculations encroachment garble hitherto ichor lustrless memoranda ossified phthisis putridity queries susceptibility stertorous tranquil unequivocal volition

articulo mortis* - at the point of death

The Fall of the House of Usher   Edgar Allan Poe

alleviation  anomalous   appelation Arabesque   aught  boon   brink  cadaverousness cataleptical  collateral  dilapidation  discernible domain  donjon   ebony   ensuing   enunciation equivocal   goading  hypochondriac  impetuous  insipid   lurid   melancholy  obtrusive   palpable  paradoxical  pestilent  pinion  prolixity proprietor  reveller sedges  seraph sojourn sublime  succumbed  tarn  tract  wan  

The Falls  George Saunders

askance  aspersions  berm   blathering   blubbered  codgers  dermatology  despair   devised  ephemeral  eureka  gaunt   grimacing  grouch  gullible  humility  ilk   inchoate  luster   mantra  mediocre   minutiae  nascent   nerve-racking  nitwit   obsessing   pervert  polyester  preening  quixotic   sepulchral  serenity  shirker  subjugated Targanac River* visage   wacko  wastrels

*fictional

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