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The Eternal Night #187

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"Our rates are on this side, and this side shows an example of the kinds of shots we can do. Let me see if Mr. Salem is available."

He stepped through a door behind his desk as we pretended to peruse the book, just in case someone in the back was surveilling us.

After a few moments the little guy came back through, followed by a tall man in a pinstripe suit. He looked like he should be the curator of a museum, not a photographer.

"Hello, gentlemen. Welcome to Lorem Portrait Studio. I'm Jack Salem, owner, operator and photographer."

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    Christopher over 2 years ago

    Lorem is Latin for sexy. I was going to have Mason, having studied Latin in college, tell Jake that but I forgot to put it in and now I've finished the story!

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    Neville Hunt over 2 years ago

    I know Loren ipsum well as it is used as nonsense filler copy on advertising layouts (for presentation to clients. Ironically, it was called ‘Greeking’ although it certainly didn’t look Greek, but Latinish! It’s a neat joke in this story.

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