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Then he heard a wild, high-pitched cackling that made the hair stand up on the back of his neck. It wasn't sane, that laugh. In fact, it was the laughter of someone who never had more than a nodding acquaintance with sanity.

Then he heard a wild, high-pitched cackling that made the hair stand up on the back of his neck. It wasn't sane, that laugh. In fact, it was the laughter of someone who never had more than a nodding acquaintance with sanity.

Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern

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Mercedes Lackey
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Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1950; activity date not established; Wikidata Q298234, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298234 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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