"I don’t think taking the box of Halloween masks should be considered stealing. I didn’t ask for them, but they were just sitting there behind the novelty store for anyone to pick up. Besides, mom didn’t ask me to move to Texas, did she? Nobody ever asks me what I want."

"A Guest for Dinner", written by James Tate and narrated by Joe Biedrzycki, was inspired by the keywords "Halloween", "common" and "missile".

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