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  Fetch

  Rachel Lawson

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  Dr Blake Alexander is Dr Death 
  What is Fetch a term meaning the meeting of two doppelgangers. 
  "What the-!" said Dr Death seeing a grim reaper, "You can't be here." 
   "Why?" asked the reaper Mortimer curiously. 
   "You know as well as I do," said the doctor. 
   "Yes, your right, this is ridiculous," said Mortimer. 
   "It is insane," said Dr Death. 
   "Glad you agree," said Mortimer. 
   "Why are you talking to yourself Dad?" asked the Necromancer seeing them as he entered the morgue. 
   "I don't know why, boy," said Dr Death puzzled. 
   "I came to talk to him," said the reaper. 
   "How can you be here I am you?" said Dr Death. 
   "Oh I forgot to tell me did I?" said Mortimer. 
   "Yes!" said Dr Death. 
   "I traveled from the future to warn me I am going to die if I don't catch the Necromancer," said Mortimer. 
   "What?" said Dr Death glaring at his son. 
   "I don't want to hurt you!" said the Necromancer. 
   "Sorry not him the other one," said Mortimer. 
   "What other one?" asked Dr Death. 
   "The fake one," said Mortimer. 
   "I have a copy cat?" said the Necromancer feeling flattered. 
   "He wants to kill me you psycho," said Dr Death. 
   "Sorry," said the Necromancer. 
  The copy cat kills only Magicians. 
  Dr Blake Alexander and the others set out a 
  trap for the killer he can not resist a stage 
  performance by the leader of the magicians 
  but will Blake survive or will he die as foretold.

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  After Me Comes the Flood - A Novel

  Anonyme

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  “A beautiful, dream-like, unsettling narrative in which every word, like a small jewel, feels carefully chosen, considered and placed. Rarely do debut novels come as assured and impressive as this one.” —Sarah Waters, New York Times bestselling author of The Paying Guests 
  Elegant, sinister and psychologically complex, After Me Comes the Flood is the haunting debut novel by the bestselling author of The Essex Serpent and Melmoth. 
  One hot summer’s day, John Cole decides to shut his bookshop early, and possibly forever, and drives out of London to see his brother. When his car breaks down on an isolated road, he goes looking for help and finds a dilapidated house. As he approaches, a laughing woman he’s never seen before walks out, addresses him by name and explains she’s been waiting for him. Entering the home, John discovers an enigmatic clan of residents all of whom seem to know who he is, and also claim they have been awaiting him arrival. They seem to be waiting for something else, too—something final… 
  Written before Sarah Perry’s ascension to an internationally bestselling author, After Me Comes the Flood is a spectacular novel of obsession, conviction and providence. 

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  Vernon Lee - A Short Story...

  Vernon Lee

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  Vernon Lee was born Violet Paget on 4th October 1856 in Boulogne, France to intellectual expatriate British parents.   
   
  In common with several other very talented literary women of the day she felt it necessary to publish under a masculine pseudonym in order for her writing to be taken seriously.  Indeed she seems to have adopted that persona across her whole lifestyle becoming personally known and acknowledged by all as Vernon Lee and accordingly dressed as a man.    
   
  Her first published work, in 1880, was taken from her collection of essays that had originally appeared in Fraser’s Magazine with the scholarly title of; ‘Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy.’ It reflected her passion for music and centered on the rich creative lives of poet-librettist Pietro Metastasio and dramatists Carlo Goldoni and Carlo Gozzi.   
   
  She wrote over a dozen volumes of essays on art, music, and travel with her scholarly appreciation animated by wit and imagination.  Lee was well-regarded as an expert on the Italian Renaissance and was a proponent of the Aesthetic movement. 
   
  Her literary talents were extensive and she wrote a number of novels and plays.  Perhaps her best remembered works are her haunting and powerful short stories exploring the supernatural.  Lee has often received accolades for these and glowingly compared to other authors such as M R James. 
    
  A committed pacifist she was resolved to protest against World War I. Her social activism in other areas was perhaps fueled by her feminist beliefs.  In her private life she was a lesbian and had long-term passionate relationships with three women including the doomed author and poet, Amy Levy.   
   
  Vernon Lee died on 13th February 1935 in San Gervasio Bresciano, Italy. 
   
  1 - Vernon Lee - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  2 - A Wicked Voice - Part 1 by Vernon Lee 
  3 - A Wicked Voice - Part 2 by Vernon Lee 
  4 - Amour Dure - Part 1 by Violet Paget writing as Vernon Lee 
  5 - Amour Dure - Part 2 by Violet Paget writing as Vernon Lee 
  6 - Marsyas in Flanders by Vernon Lee 
  7 - The Enchanted Woods by Vernon Lee 
  8 - Dionea - Part 1 by Vernon Lee 
  9 - Dionea - Part 2 by Vernon Lee

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  A Heart So Haunted - A Novel

  Hollie Nelson

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  In this evocative and stunning debut, secrets in the very bones of Harthwait House are disturbed when a new tenant moves in, for fans of Ashley Poston and A House with Good Bones.Be wary the beds and the space beneath,
   
  the cracks in the floors and the furnace teeth.
   
  Keep your eyes from the shadows and tongue so still.
   
  Because once Harthwait grows dark, the monsters become real.Landry is ready to clean house—not just Harthwait, but the traumatic memories and family entanglements that haunt her. Left reeling from her aunt’s sudden death, Landry knows she has to restore the old house and sell it for much needed cash. Preferably, before autumn arrives. But as renovations begin on Harthwait, she notices some peculiarities: motion sensors activate when no one is home, doors slam shut, and every night, at a quarter after midnight, the disembodied crying begins. Then, when she uncovers a hidden door during the renovations, she dares to open it.Behind the door is a world of nightmares, some of which are hers, while others belong to a monster—who is trapped inside and desperate to get out. Both haunted by their pasts, Landry makes a deal with the monster, but as they develop feelings for each other, she realizes that the thing that looks like a beast may not be the most beastly thing after all.This rich and spellbinding tale explores the idea of what we call home and who we call family.

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  The Skeleton Paints a Picture

  Leigh Perry

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  “Dr. Georgia Thackery is smart, resourceful, and determined to be a great single mom to her teenager. Georgia is normal in every respect—except that her best friend happens to be a skeleton named Sid. You’ll love the adventures of this unexpected mystery-solving duo.”—Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author 
    
  Georgia Thackery, adjunct English professor, has a new job teaching at Falstone College of Art and Design, known as FAD to its students and faculty. Living in a borrowed bungalow during winter in the snowiest part of Massachusetts, Georgia feels her isolation weighing as heavily as the weather. Then she receives a package containing her best friend, Sid, a walking, talking skeleton who has lived with the Thackery family since Georgia was six. With Georgia working out of town, Sid was lonely too. 
    
  The two of them make plans for a cozy semester together, and it might have worked out that way if Sid hadn’t snuck out in the middle of the night to play in the snow and spotted a crashed car. When he drags Georgia out to investigate, they find the driver behind the wheel, apparently dead from the collision. 
    
  Initially, police think it’s an accident, so Georgia and Sid think that’s the end of it—until Georgia finds out the body hits closer to home than she’d realized …

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  Far Removed

  C B Lansdell

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  On the moon of Knyadrea, the sea yields intelligent life. For a species shaped by tides, change is the only constant.
  
  Little can be hidden in the glare of a spotlight.
  
  Charismatic and innovative, Oklas Sayve has risen to prominence in Apidecca, the moon's capital city. A politician and college director, he has the resources to effect the changes he envisions for the world. But the sovereigns he serves oppose him at every turn and his status cannot protect the low-strata students attending his college. After a young knyad is wrongly linked to insurgent activity, Oklas must find a way to smuggle her out of the city while hiding his involvement from the authorities.
  
  A spark in the dank depths.
  
  Below the grand Assembly Chambers, a knyad in a mask sculpts, grasping for scraps of beauty in her shrinking world. Years ago, Prismer made a costly mistake and now has only her job at the projection booth and a few special interests to fill her days. But it is not her sculptures that draw the attention of a powerful client, and she is soon met with a request to undertake a dangerous mission. Will she answer the call and risk losing the little she has left?
  
  Mysteries surface. A supernatural substance is used in corrupt ways. As identities shift and predicaments are reshuffled, what alliances might be forged?

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