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  Sanctuary

  Michelle L. Levigne

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  Ess Fremont and the Blue Lotus Society know the Originators have been infiltrated by Revisionists, their ancestral enemies in the quest to rewrite or protect history. The treachery has reached even to their headquarters, Sanctuary, an underground complex near San Francisco. 
    
  Problem: The Society can't contact Sanctuary, or risk putting power into the enemy's hands. Yet Ess must go there to claim her heritage and learn how and why her grandparents vanished seven years ago. All her answers, and a vital weapon in the battle against the Revisionists could lie in her grandparents' vault -- and Ess herself is the key to open it. 
    
  Solution: Ask her family lawyers to "turn her in," and on the train ride cross-country, begin her education. 
    
  The journey launches revelations that threaten everything Ess knows as truth. As she uncovers schemes within lies within treachery, the fulfillment of her family's destiny rests heavy on her shoulders. 
    
  Who can she trust when her own grandparents blocked her memories, and the means to save or destroy them all are hidden in the vaults of her mind? 
    
  GUARDIANS OF THE TIME STREAM: set during the reconstruction of the United States in the decades following the Civil War. 
    
  Technology is on the rise, with locomotives and steam-powered industry, airships and other experiments in slightly anachronistic technology. A fascination with travel around the world and the exploration of other cultures, especially ancient cultures, is on the rise. 
    
  The Guardians, who call themselves the Originators, are descendants of travelers from our far distant future, who traveled into the distant past to prevent another group of time travelers from altering the world to suit their vision. And as Ess Fremont grows up and learns her heritage, her family's history and their secrets, she takes her place in the battle to protect the world.

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  Death-Wish

  Ray Bradbury

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  Death-Wish by Ray Bradbury - They wandered the dead and fragile cities, looking for the legendary Blue Bottle–not knowing what it was, nor caring, not really wanting to find it… ever… 
  The sundials were tumbled into white pebbles. The birds of the air now flew in ancient skies of rock and sand, buried, their songs stopped. The rivers were currented with dust which flooded across the land when the wind bade it reenact an old tale of engulfment. The cities were deep laid with granaries of silence, time stored and kept, golden kernels of forgetfulness, pools and fountains of quietude and memory.  
  Mars was dead.  
  And then out of the large stillness, from a great distance, on the stones of an old highway, there was a tiny sound. First, like an insect, and growing larger, between the cinnamon hills, and finally broadening, flattening out, the sound buzzing and humming, while something moved, growing big. 
  The highway trembled. The rocks ground one upon another briefly. The sound grew into a thunder which shook down avalanches of dust in the old cities. 

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  HorrorBabble's Night Terrors -...

  Arthur J. Burks, Henry Kuttner,...

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  A collection of stories exploring the struggles of the unconcious mind. 
  Contents: 
  Vale of the Corbies by Arthur J. Burks (Weird Tales, 1925) 
  Dreams of an unkindness of ravens. 
  A Dream of Red Hands by Bram Stoker (The Sketch, 1894) 
  The sad tale of a man plagued by terrible nightmares. 
  Thirteen Phantasms by Clark Ashton Smith (The Fantasy Magazine, 1936) 
  A series of strange visions torment a sick man. 
  The Lady in Gray by Donald Wandrei (Weird Tales, 1933) 
  A strange woman and a loathsome gray slug. 
  The Crawling Chaos by H. P. Lovecraft (Beyond the Wall of Sleep, 1943) 
  The consequences of dabbling with opium. 
  The Watcher at the Door by Henry Kuttner (Weird Tales, 1939) 
  The horrible dreams of a man called Edward Keene. 
  The Man in the Tree by Ian Gordon (That Time of the Night, 2023) 
  A boy visited by a strange figure in a tree overlooking his bedroom window. 
  What Waits in Darkness by Loretta Burrough (Weird Tales, 1935) 
  A dreadful recurrent dream. 
  A Vignette by M. R. James (The London Mercury, 1936) 
  Nightmares connected to a haunted plantation. 
  The Dream Snake by Robert E. Howard (Weird Tales, 1928) 
  A terrified individual recounts the details of a recurring nightmare.

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  Flowers for the God of Love

  Barbara Cartland

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  With Russian, English and Irish blood in her veins and described by her uncle Sir Terence O’Kerry, Head of the India Office, as ‘as mysterious as the Sphinx, but as lovely as Cleopatra must have been at that age’, it is no surprise that the beautiful young Quenella O’Kerry has suitors continually falling at her feet. The trouble is that among them is the lecherous Prince Ferdinand of Schertzenberg, who not only has pursued her relentlessly but has even attempted to force himself on her in her bedroom!It seems the only way for Quenella to escape the Prince’s clutches is a marriage of convenience and to leave England for some time.. And this is just what the dashing Major Rex Daviot requires if he is to accept the huge promotion offered to him by Queen Victoria to become the Lieutenant-Governor of India’s North-West Provinces, when India is under British rule.The prospect of a loveless marriage depresses Rex, who enjoys the attentions of many a Society beauty, but even as they journey to India, Quenella’s curiosity, intelligence and loveliness piques his interest. And very soon, despite himself, Rex finds that his marriage of convenience blossoms into something far, far deeper.

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  Codename: Nemesis

  Michael Anderle, TR Cameron,...

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  Danica Grey and her fae dragon partner, Jilly, are ready to put their lives on the line for one last stand. Zoey, a brilliant savant, is their charge, but Moriarty and his deadly partner, Solene, are just as determined to capture her—and kill anyone who gets in their way. 
   
  Danica thought the answers to their enemies' intentions were within reach, but the truth only opens a floodgate of new questions. 
   
  They know their foes' names, but little else. The final showdown is looming, and their survival depends on uniting everything they've got—brains, brawn, magic, and cutting-edge technology. 
   
  Moriarty is no longer lurking in the shadows—he's stepping into the field for the first time, armed with magical tech that's unlike anything Danica's seen before. And to make things worse, Solene, his partner in poison and death, is right by his side. It's going to take more than just strategy to win this fight. It's going to take a miracle. 
   
  But if anyone can defy the odds, it's Danica and her crew. They've been battered, bruised, and pushed to the edge before, but they've always come out on top. 
   
  The question is–– can they do it one more time to save Zoey and themselves?

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  Spa Shadows

  Jennifer J. Morgan

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  Libby’s world is rocked to the core when her business partner Alexis—working late one night—is attacked by an intruder at their spa. JJ shows up in full cop mode, terrified that his wife has barely escaped the serial rapist who’s been plaguing the city in recent months. But Lexi isn’t convinced. Too many seemingly unrelated incidents occur before they realize a decades-old murder and pact between two then-juvenile delinquents could be tied to everything going on now. 
  Meanwhile, Libby and Greg are flourishing as a couple although she’d certainly like to put off having him meet her nosey mother Julia and sister Jordan just a little while longer. But a delay is not to be, when Julia reports strange happenings in her elder community—someone’s been tapping at her window at night and using her pool without her permission. And who are these young, bicycle-riding, backpack-carrying ‘gang’ members who are hanging around? At first, Libby questions her mother’s claims. Maybe it’s early-onset Alzheimer’s? But as she and Shadow start following the clues, the danger appears much closer than anyone realizes. Could all these neighborhood incidents be connected?

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