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  "thread": {
    "id": 3237,
    "subject": "Ardis Wolf and the Poppins Asphodel",
    "messages": 1,
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    "first": "2002-05-08T16:28:16+00:00",
    "last": "2002-05-08T16:28:16+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0205-927@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Spectacled Bear",
        "address": "spectacled.bear at pobox.com"
      },
      "date": "2002-05-08T16:28:16+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Ardis Wolf and the Poppins Asphodel",
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          "text": "At 05:34 2002-05-07, Robert Borski wrote:\nI would therefore like to suggest something else to you. Is it possible that\nwhat Nadan actually notices by the ignited arrack is the burn caused by his\nown laser pistol and that Ardis Dahl is the werebeast he attempts, but\nfails, to kill on the night of the first egg?"
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          "text": "This is a great theory. I notice that Ardis switches off the light in\na hurry just as Nadan is about to undo her laces, which fits nicely.\n\nOn a more literary note, this is the Peri's Asphodel again!\nOn first reading the story I assumed this \"literary device\"\nwas fictional, but it's actually the plot where someone has\na fantastic or unreal experience which they conclude must surely \nbe a dream - until some tiny piece of evidence shows it was real.\nIt took me ages to recall where I had seen this most often: it is\nused in almost all the Mary Poppins stories.\n\nIn keeping with the theme of Mr Borski's post \"Black Easter\",\nthe use of the device this story is a dark inverse of the norm:\nit is not a wonderful dream but a monstrous nightmare that is\nrevealed to be true.\n\nFeeling almost learned,\n\nSpectacled Bear."
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