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Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read tunneling to the center of the earth. This collection of eleven stories is outstanding, the only other short story collections i would rank right up with this are were in trouble. Stories should be in every short story fans collection. Kevin wilson is an american writer from sewanee, tennessee. He lives in sewanee, tennessee, with his wife and two sons. Kevin wilson is the author of the new york times bestselling novel the family fang ecco, 2012, perfect little world ecco, 2017, and nothing to see here ecco, 2019 as well as the collections, tunneling to the center of the earth eccoharper perennial, 2009, which received an alex award from the american library association and the shirley jackson award, and baby, youre gonna be mine.
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