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“No, I’ll never calreatest horror film in history Manny will—”

A voice yelled: “Hey, what’re you two doing here?”

Manny’s Rolls-Royce, a traveling white theatre, glided by, purring under its breath Our boss’s face glared out one small theatre

“Do we have aor no?!”

“Do alk or ride?” Roy said

“Walk!”

The Rolls glided away

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We took our tie 13

I kept watching Roy to see if I could get a hint of what he had been up to in the long night Even ere boys, he rarely showed his true feelings He’d fling his garage doors wide to show me his latest dinosaur Only when my breath exploded did he allow himself a yell If I loved what he had made, it didn’t matter what anyone else said

“Roy,” I said, walking “You okay?”

We found Manny Leiber fue 13 “Where the hell you been!?” he cried

Roy opened the door of Stage 13, glided in, and let the heavy door slam

Manny glared at me I jumped forward and pulled the door open for him

We stepped into night