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Hometown Hero: Chapter 6

The Saga of Terminal City: The Complete Urban Epic

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May 14, 2026
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Hometown Hero: Chapter 6

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

They came to him with cap in hand, merchants
who shuffled their feet and daren’t raise their eyes:
the cream of Crummburg’s improvement district
downtown, where between the boards and burnt husks,
some weedy stores struggled to catch a break.
Of an ugly altercation the…

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