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The Garden State did not offer the most fertile ground, but I was able to pick such choice names as Voorhees Corner (which no doubt abuts Crystal Lake), Carneys Point (the peak of freakishness), Blackwood (for followers of Algernon?), Little Silver (but a lot of lycanthropes), Brass Castle (a citadel of impudence), Whippany (the residents are always ready to lash out), Haddonfield (where no one can find a babysitter on Halloween), Bound Brook (and then they gagged her), and Candlewood (a place just begging for conflagration). Yet none of these names in my native state can hold a candle to...
Foul Rift. Sounds like a community where the peace has been deeply disturbed. Where hatred has festered between begrudging neighbors. Where not even Richard Dawson could moderate the family feuds playing out daily.
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