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  The Magnet - From their pens to...

  Barry Pain

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  Barry Eric Odell Pain was born at 3 Sydney Street in Cambridge on 28th September 1864. He was one of 4 children. 
  He was educated at Sedbergh School and then Corpus Christi College, Cambridge where he read classics and contributed to and edited Granta. 
  Four years of service as an Army coach followed before he moved to London. In 1889, Cornhill Magazine published his short story ‘The Hundred Gates’.  This opened the way for Pain to advance his literary career on several fronts. He became a contributor to Punch and The Speaker, as well as joining the staff of both the Daily Chronicle and Black and White.  
  In 1897 he succeeded Jerome K Jerome as editor of To-Day but still contributed regularly, until 1928, to the Windsor Magazine. 
  It is often said that Pain was discovered by Robert Louis Stevenson, who compared his work to that of Guy de Maupassant.  It’s an apt comparison. Pain was also a master of disturbing prose but able to inject parody and light comedy into many of his works.  A simple premise could in his hands suddenly expand into a world very real but somehow emotionally fraught and on the very edge of darkness as many of these short stories demonstrate.   
  Despite applying his talents to several genres and forms today Pain is more readily thought of, especially during the first decade of the 20th Century, as perhaps the leading British humorist of his day.  These stories reveal a darker side and beg to differ. 
  Barry Pain died on 5th May 1928 in Bushey, Hertfordshire.

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  Walking on Cowrie Shells - Stories

  Nana Nkweti

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  In her powerful, genre-bending debut story collection, Nana Nkweti's virtuosity is on full display as she mixes deft realism with clever inversions of genre. In the Caine Prize finalist story "It Takes a Village, Some Say," Nkweti skewers racial prejudice and the practice of international adoption, delivering a sly tale about a teenage girl who leverages her adoptive parents to fast-track her fortunes. In "The Devil Is a Liar," a pregnant pastor's wife struggles with the collision of western Christianity and her mother's traditional Cameroonian belief system as she worries about her unborn child. 
   
   
   
  In other stories, Nkweti vaults past realism, upending genre expectations in a satirical romp about a jaded PR professional trying to spin a zombie outbreak in West Africa, and in a mermaid tale about a Mami Wata who forgoes her power by remaining faithful to a fisherman she loves. In between these two ends of the spectrum there's everything from an aspiring graphic novelist at a comic con to a murder investigation driven by statistics to a story organized by the changing hairstyles of the main character. 
   
   
   
  A dazzling, inventive debut, Walking on Cowrie Shells announces the arrival of a superlative new voice.

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  The Riddle of the Sands - A...

  Yvonne Schaefer

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  Bored by the stifling routine of high-society London, a young Foreign Office official accepts a seemingly innocent invitation from an old acquaintance to go yachting in the Baltic Sea. But what begins as an uncomfortable escape from the city soon plunges him into a chilling web of international intrigue. 
  Aboard the cramped, scrubby little yacht Dulcibella, Carruthers discovers that his host, the eccentric and resourceful Davies, is hiding a dark secret from his solo voyage through the treacherous, sand-choked channels of the Frisian Islands. An encounter with a mysterious German and a sinister barge-yacht has left Davies deeply rattled—and convinced that something far more dangerous than foul weather is brewing off the coast. 
  The Riddle of the Sands is a masterful blend of gripping nautical adventure and taut suspense. As the two men navigate treacherous shoals, shifting tides, and violent autumn gales, they must also navigate the deadly secrets of a foreign power. Will they unravel the true purpose of the shifting sands before it's too late?

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  5 Science Fiction Stories by Mac...

  Dallas McCord Reynolds

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  Five early stories by one of my favorite SF writers, Mack Reynolds.  Medal of Honor is an intriguing look into the mind of someone who is above the law; who cannot commit a crime.  How will he act? especially if he is a self centered drunk?  Potential Enemy is story about the sad state of human minds that are ruled by fear and paranoia.  Happy Ending is an SF story about the far future when the last solar system wide dictator has been finally defeated and what will he do?  What will he do? This is also an exploration of mental megalomania and it's effects.  His happy ending is perhaps suitable, but probably not so happy.   A Gun For Hire explores in a light hearted but painful way, the fact that hired guns are just that: hired.  The final story is the funniest of the lot the and is set in Tangiers in the present or very near future.  UFO's are a crackpot idea, right?  well perhaps not.  - Summary by Phil Chenevert

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  Deal Breaker

  Maia Kinley

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  We were supposed to hook up and never see each other again. Oops. 
  Ellis Donlan 
  Me? A sports agent? Clearly, hell has frozen over. 
  But it must be happening because Dad insists I start working for the family business, and I've run out of excuses not to. 
  Already dreading my first day tomorrow, I know the best thing to take the edge off is finding myself a hot guy for the night. 
  That plan leads me to Damon, the hottest, sweetest man ever. 
  We agree to one night of fun, then we never see each other again. 
  But the universe must have other ideas because the very next morning, I find out he’s my new coworker. And thanks to a little too much pillow talk, I accidentally use his insider information against him. 
  Now he hates me, and the sweet guy I met is nowhere to be found. 
  Damon Marks 
  I don’t do one-night stands. Not my thing. 
  Until Ellis enters my life. He’s beautiful, bold, and I'm instantly enamored. 
  He refuses to give me his number and tells me straight up that he only wants one night. Even if I don’t usually do this, I can't walk away. 
  It’s too bad he doesn’t want to see me again after this, because he’s perfect. 
  Unfortunately for him, the following day we’re both surprised to discover we’ll be seeing a lot more of each other—because he’s the CEO’s son. 
  And unfortunately for me, I never even saw it coming. 
  Now, two years later, just when I’ve gotten used to disliking the man I’m still very much attracted to, misfortune finds us once again when a snow storm traps us together in a hotel room—and we’ve only got one bed. 
  Deal Breaker is an M/M holiday romance novella, featuring a one-night stand between two people who thought they’d never see each other again.

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  The Listener - A Novel

  Taylor Caldwell

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  A parade of people in need of solace find a mysterious sympathizer, in this uniquely moving classic by a New York Times–bestselling author. They come day and night to confess their troubles to an anonymous listener positioned behind a curtain. Could it be a priest, a psychiatrist, a friend, or a judge? Each person draws a different conclusion. From a businessman who feels betrayed by someone he trusted, to a society woman with contempt for her husband, to a scientist troubled by what his work has wrought, the visitors’ situations vary widely as they struggle with grief, denial, prejudice, and fear. But in this small sanctuary, there are no office hours, the listener is always listening, and the visitors’ lives are forever changed. This inspiring and inventive work of fiction comes from the award-winning author of Captains and the Kings, Testimony of Two Men, and many other bestsellers. “The gift of narration and characterization which Taylor Caldwell brings to each of her books is here in strong measure.” —Kirkus Reviews “I believe [Caldwell] wanted to instill hope, renew faith, and foster love in what she saw as a society on the decline. The year was 1960. But the issues can be universally applied today.” —The Book Cafe

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