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  Solomon Dark

  Erick S. Gray

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  Love has its own agenda in this twisty supernatural thriller steeped in the backdrop of the 1800s where a tortured slave is bitten by a vampire and gains supernatural abilities that sets him on a path of death and destruction as he searches to rescue his long-lost wife. 
   
  In the year 1845, Solomon is a tortured slave on the Walken Plantation in South Carolina. Born a slave, Solomon yearns for his freedom. He’s married to Irene, the love of his life. One day, she’s sold off by master to a nearby plantation to pay off Master Walken’s debt. Heartbroken, Solomon escapes one night to find Irene so that they can escape north, to freedom. It’s dark, it’s cold, and slave catchers and dogs are tracking him down. Solomon meets a stranger, a unique black man he assumes is a free man, running into a nearby cabin. This stranger promises Solomon everything he yearns for—freedom, Irene, even power. But it comes with a cost.

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  Ghosts of Manor House

  Matt Powers

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  Edmund and Mary Wilder are very much in love. But the death of their young son, Tommy, has shattered their family. Edmund is determined to bring them back together, drawing on the only bit of strength he has left—his love for Mary and their daughter, Stephanie. But Mary sinks deeper into depression while little Stephanie’s anger grows. Edmund flounders in his attempts to rescue his family from the brink of collapse and doesn’t know where to turn. Then Mary receives an invitation for the family to become guests at Manor House, a seemingly quaint Bed and Breakfast. This, she assures her husband, is the answer to all their troubles. Edmund arrives ahead of his family to spend a couple days working on his long-delayed novel. But his growing curiosity about the old house leads Edmund to an encounter that will change him forever. What will you sacrifice for love? An old fashioned psychological thriller with a nod to Stephen King, Manor House will keep you guessing and compel you to turn the page to the very end. A mother will sacrifice anything for her children. A husband will risk everything to save his wife. Manor House will take them all.

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  The Metamorphosis

  Franz Kafka

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  The Metamorphosis: A Haunting Tale of Alienation and Absurdity 
  One morning, Gregor Samsa woke up to a reality that was no longer his own. Transformed into a gigantic insect, he found himself trapped in his own body, a stranger in his own home. As he struggled to communicate with his family, they recoiled in horror, leaving Gregor to confront the absurdity of his new existence. 
  Franz Kafka's masterful novella is a surreal journey into the depths of human isolation and the search for identity. With dark humor and piercing insight, Kafka explores the complexities of family dynamics, societal expectations, and the crushing weight of responsibility. 
  As Gregor's transformation becomes a catalyst for self-discovery, he must confront the terrifying reality of his own insignificance. Will he find a way to reconnect with the world, or will he succumb to the void of his own making? 
  The Metamorphosis is a timeless classic that will haunt you with its eerie familiarity and challenge your perceptions of humanity. Join the ranks of readers who have discovered Kafka's iconic tale of alienation, absurdity, and the search for meaning in a seemingly meaningless world. 
  Experience the masterpiece that has become a cultural phenomenon. Read The Metamorphosis today.

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  A Holiday Haunting at the Biltmore

  Eva Pohler

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  Ellen should have known that a gathering in America's last castle would entail a few uninvited guests. During a Christmas eve wedding at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, Ellen and her friends are visited by multiple ghosts. The spirits have come to tell their stories, to right the wrongs that history has done to their memories. Each of them died in Asheville with their voices stifled. One spirit is particularly adamant and threatening, despite her small size, and her mood fluctuates like the mountain winds surrounding the great estate. She claims to be the ghost of Zelda Fitzgerald, and she wants her story told, even if she has to kill to make it happen. Voted Best Mystery Book of the Year for 2022 at Utopia Con! The books in this series can be read in any order.

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  The Green Bowl - Pioneering...

  Sarah Orne Jewett

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  Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett was born on 3rd September 1849 in South Berwick, Maine, to a family that had resided in New England for several generations. 
   
  From early childhood Jewett suffered from rheumatoid arthritis and one remedy was frequent walks which contributed to her life-long love of nature. 
   
  She was primarily educated at Miss Olive Rayne's school and then the Berwick Academy from where she graduated in 1866.  But much of her time was also spent reading from the extensive collection of books in the family library. 
   
  In 1868 at age 19, she was published ‘Jenny Garrow's Lovers’ in the Atlantic Monthly, and from this grew a reputation that was lauded and admired by both her captivated audience and such other noted writers as William Dean Howells.   
   
  As well as novels and short stories she also wrote children’s books and poetry volumes.  Jewett was also admired for the strong female characters who were as intelligent and able as any man around them. 
   
  In her personal life Jewett was attracted and attached to several women.  Many of her poems reveal the intensity of her feelings towards them. Whether Jewett found physical love with them is open to debate but she often did find devoted and loving friendship, humor and literary encouragement.  From 1881, after the death of James Fields, the editor of the Atlantic Monthly, she set up home with his widow, Annie, for the rest of her life in what was termed ‘a Boston Marriage’; the cohabitation of two wealthy women, independent of male financial support.   
   
  On her birthday in 1902, Jewett was involved in a carriage accident that effectively ended her literary career.   
   
  In March 1909 Sarah Orne Jewett was paralyzed by a stroke, and after another on 24th June she died in her South Berwick home.  She was 59.

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  Thin Crust - Abduction

  Håkon Bøen

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  In this audio drama, an aspiring podcaster witnesses the abduction of a healer and soon finds himself entangled in a conflict between rival factions within a secret European society. The young content creator narrates his journey across Europe as he struggles to unravel the mystery while keeping both himself and the healer safe. With a microphone pen, he records people he meets along the way, all while navigating the strange events that take place.

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