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Saturday, September 19

Today's parcel

Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley

Chapter 5

Parcel 12 of 4230 mornings left

I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe? I had worked for nearly two years to infuse life into an inanimate body…