{"id":972,"date":"2015-06-05T23:28:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T23:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=972"},"modified":"2015-06-05T23:28:49","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T23:28:49","slug":"cliff-knowles-5-gut-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/cliff-knowles-5-gut-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Cliff Knowles #5 &#8211; <font color=\"red\">GUT SHOT<\/font>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cliff Knowles fans, are you ready for number five? In this one Cliff tells the story in his own words. Here&#8217;s the best part for you: the novel will be serialized right here on this blog. Loyal fans of this blog will be able to read it for free. 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