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The woman&#8217;s head turned,&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/anecdotal-evidence-you-missed-it\/\" title=\"ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE: You Missed It\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE: You Missed It<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55,87],"tags":[131,536],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-real-life","category-writing-2","tag-anecdotal-evidence","tag-observation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-72","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3913,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/defunct-opening-to-all-that-remains\/","url_meta":{"origin":436,"position":0},"title":"Defunct opening to &#8220;All That Remains&#8221;","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"October 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Title: All That Remains - defunct opening scene Author: Harper Kingsley Twitter: @HarperKingsley0 Rating: Mature WARNING: descriptions of the aftermath of a violent disaster event. 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