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  The Way the World Is - A story...

  Zona Gale

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  Zona Gale was born on 26th August 1874 in Portage, Wisconsin.  She was exceptionally close to her parents and later used them as the basis for characters in her works.   
   
  She wrote and illustrated her first story at the age of 7 and by 16 she was being paid for stories from the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.   
   
  After studies at the University of Wisconsin, where she received a degree and two master's, she moved to New York and a job at the New York World newspaper. She was later hired as a secretary to Edmund Clarence Stedman, the poet, critic, essayist, banker, and scientist. and immersed herself in his literary circle. 
   
  Gale returned to Portage in 1903 and realized her old world was full of new possibilities. She now dedicated herself to full-time writing. 
   
  Her first novel ‘Romance Island’ was published in 1906 and she also began the popular ‘Friendship Village’ series of stories. In 1920 came ‘Miss Lulu Bett’, which depicts life in the Mid-West. Adapted into a play it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1921.  It was a stellar achievement. 
   
  After the deaths of her parents her works, both fiction and non-fiction, drifted towards mysticism and her belief that problems could be solved through a kind of transcendentalist enlightenment. 
   
  Gale was a suffragist, a liberal Democrat, an active member of the National Woman's Party and a pacifist.  Much of her time was taken up with advancing opportunities for women both at school and in careers. It was a cause she repeatedly emphasized in her novels: women's frustration at their lack of opportunities. 
   
  In the mid 20’s she began caring for a young relative, Leslyn, and later adopted her. At age 54, she married William L Breese, a childhood friend. Now a widower, he was a wealthy banker and hosiery manufacturer. She also became a step-mother to his daughter, Juliette.  
   
  In mid-December 1938 she went to Chicago for medical treatment and contracted pneumonia a few days later.  
   
  Zona Gale died of pneumonia in Passavant Hospital in Chicago on 27th December 1938.  She was 64.

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  Haunted by the Devil - A Horror...

  Kinsley Kincaid

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  Performed in Duet By; 
  Ash Kingsley & Bryant Walker 
  My life was normal. 
  Just my mom and I, living in a small town on the East Coast. 
  The eve of my twenty first birthday, it all changed. 
  A father I have never known returned and took me away from all I knew. 
  Trapped and tortured. 
  Destined for something I knew nothing about. 
  Little did I know, my entire life, I’d been haunted by the devil himself. 
  He was always watching and waiting. 
  As leader of an infamous cult in our area, this is no longer a haunting. 
  He is here. 
  And I’m terrified. 
  *This is a VERY Dark Erotic Horror Romance. Does end with a HEA

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  The Story of the Treasure Seekers

  Edith Nesbit

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  "The Story of the Treasure Seekers" by Edith Nesbit follows the spirited Bastable siblings on their quest for wealth to alleviate their family's financial struggles. Through ingenious schemes and misadventures, the children navigate the challenges of London, learning valuable lessons about perseverance, family bonds, and the true meaning of treasure. Nesbit's classic tale combines humor and heart, capturing the essence of childhood dreams and the enduring power of imagination.

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  Never Go Home

  Christopher Swann

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  Orphaned at age ten by a violent home invasion, Susannah Faulkner grew up wild, her stubbornness the only thing harder than her heart. Since then, she’s used her skills to put a boot in the faces of those who deserve it. She knows she’s wired wrong and living a dangerous and violent life, but she’s determined to wring something decent from the world before she leaves it. Then she gets word her brother Ethan needs her help, so she returns home to Atlanta. But in the airport, she finds her Uncle Gavin suffering a heart attack. Before he is rushed to the hospital, Gavin whispers a single word to Suzie: peaches. She’s determined to uncover the meaning behind the cryptic message, but Ethan is also deep in trouble. An ex-soldier and ex-con named Finn appeared on his doorstep with a disturbing story: fifteen years earlier, Finn served with their father in Iraq, where they stole millions in cash. Now the money is missing, and Finn wants his share—or else.

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  The Cold Light of Day

  Anna Lee Huber

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  June 1920, Ireland: The streets of Dublin seethe with revolution as the Irish Republican Army clashes with British authorities. Roving assassination squads mean nowhere is truly safe, particularly for Verity Kent and her war hero husband, Sidney. Given their celebrity as society darlings and intrepid sleuths, they must tread carefully to go unnoticed—nearly impossible when they are called upon to search for Verity's fellow spy and friend . . . 
   
   
   
  Captain Alec Xavier has seemingly vanished after traveling to Dublin to infiltrate the IRA at its highest levels. Doing her best to maintain a modicum of normalcy and stay under the radar of both the rebels and British Intelligence, Verity works undercover by day and waltzes through the city's elite social scene by night. Still, she fears the worst for Alec—until shocking evidence mounts that not only is he alive, but that he has switched sides . . . 
   
   
   
  Already disillusioned with the British government, the news leaves Verity and Sidney reeling. Worse, they learn of a conspiracy within Dublin Castle, where personal vendettas are being carried out and sanctioned by British Intelligence under the cover of revolution. Verity and Sidney cannot turn a blind eye. Especially when a familiar adversary appears, bringing a threat almost too terrifying to confront—even in the cold light of day . . .

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  The Garden of Evil

  Anônimo

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  The Garden of Evil is a horror novel partly based on the legend of the Lambton Worm. Adam Salton, originally from Australia is contacted by his great-uncle, Richard Salton, for the purpose of establishing a relationship between these last two members of the family. His great-uncle wants to make Adam his heir. Adam travels to Richard Salton's house in Mercia, Lesser Hill, and quickly finds himself at the centre of mysterious and inexplicable occurrences.

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