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Harwood, where a suggestible man faces a chilling experience at a barber shop; and Which was like a Woman by William Albert Lewis, in which a woman unexpectedly confronts a figure from her past. 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Harwood, where a suggestible man faces a chilling experience at a barber shop; and Which was like a Woman by William Albert Lewis, in which a woman unexpectedly confronts a figure from her past. 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Harwood, where a suggestible man faces a chilling experience at a barber shop; and Which was like a Woman by William Albert Lewis, in which a woman unexpectedly confronts a figure from her past. 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