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  And Then There's Me The Opening

  Regina Sanford

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  It’s not over. The healing season is over, and no one will have guessed that Regina will return to finish what Malcom started within her. It will take more than the powers of Pokka, Clawson, and Solidarity to stop her this time.

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  The Aberration of Eden Pruitt

  K.E. Ganshert

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  Eden Pruitt’s parents are alive. They are safe. But not Eden. She won’t be until they hunt down the high-stakes gambler known as Mordecai. Eager for redemption, Cassian Gray won’t rest until they succeed.  
  Together, they follow a trail of clues that thrusts them into a dark, dangerous, and twisted reality. At its center stands an enemy far more powerful than they ever imagined. 

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  The Gabia's Justice - A short...

  C.N. Rowan

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  A free short story from The imPerfect Cathar. 
  'There’s an irony about how often the elements are used to kill those supposedly capable of controlling them. Water. Fire. Air. Earth. 
    
  Drowning. Burning. Hanging. Burying them alive. 
    
  Those so keen to use such tools to instil terror and keep the population silent best hope they never capture a true Talented...' 
    
  This short story finds Paul Bonhomme, at the start of the 16th Century, discovering brutal goings-on in his home city of Toulouse after time away. When a local businessman is using the cruel threats of the inquisition to have his way with a hapless population, particularly its women-folk, the imPerfect Cathar himself is happy to teach him a lesson.

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  The Mercurian - A World of Fire...

  Frank Belknap Long

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  The Mercurian by Frank Belknap Long - For ages Mankind labelled Mercury a dead world—a red-hot, seething outpost of hell. Too late Rawley learned of the hideous life that molten, steaming planet spawned! 
  We stood before the airlock, the old man and I, and watched them go out. Ellison was a granite man and I was just the lad who threw the switches. 
  I was new at it. They had sent me out with a pat on the back and a commission, but I didn't feel like a Mercury run officer. Mining uranium on the Sun's firstling was no job for a green kid of twenty-two. Outside were lakes of molten zinc and a temperature of 790 degrees Fahr. 
  No part of that temperature seeped into us, but just knowing it was out there was spine-chilling. I am not being facetious. To keep from thinking of the hot face we thought of the cold face, and you can't imagine extremes of cold without feeling shivery. Out on the cold face were other miners, working under conditions I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. They had the cold of open space to contend with, and a little of that seeped in. 
  The Commander was passing out advice to each of the miners as they stepped into the lock. 
  "Murphy, it's uranium we want. We're not zoologists. The next time you go specimen chasing—" 
  "But it looked like a frog, Chief. I swear it did." 
  "You know damn well no froglike animal could hop around on red-hot rocks." 
  "I won't let him out of my sight this time, sir," said the miner at Murphy's heels. 
  "Thank you, Haines. He needs a nurse, but do what you can." 
  Five miners stepped out, each with a glance from Ellison which said as plain as words that he would walk beside them until they came back in again. The old man had so much quiet strength that he could split off simulacra of himself, and send them out through the airlock by just passing out advice.

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  A City of Swords and Fangs

  BR Kingsolver

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  "In my world, keeping my head on my shoulders has always required paying attention to what goes on around me. I've seen chaos, and I've seen evil . . . " 
   
   
   
  In Zurich—the wealthy, peaceful city where I plan to attend university—I walk into a war zone. Vampires, werewolves, Knights Magica, and the Mage Guild battle for supremacy. Apprenticed to a man considered the greatest living mage, I have a lot to learn—if I survive. 
   
   
   
  "Balance is messy. Freedom is messy. People and their social constructs aren't always pretty." 
   
   
   
  A dark, character-driven urban fantasy where magic is power, alliances are fragile, and survival means walking the line between order and chaos. 
   
   
   
  Perfect for listeners who love: dark, immersive urban fantasy with political depth; complex heroine with untamed magic; magic vs. morality stories where no side is clean; and high-stakes danger, evolving friendships, and hard-earned power. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Interdimensional Window SHOPping...

  Tao Wong

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  Sometimes what you're buying isn't what they're expecting to sell  
     
  Earth as a new Dungeon World means opportunities and dangers galore. One of the enduring aspects of the System is the Shop, an interdimensional series of stores that compete for the opportunity to service clients and make a profit doing so.  
     
  New clients on a new Dungeon World mean rare and heretofore unseen items and massive profits. No surprise that the vultures have arrived, searching for easy marks.  
     
  Good thing the Council have their own methods of dealing with such matters.  
     
  Interdimensional Window SHOPping is a short story set in the System Apocalypse universe created by Tao Wong. The System Apocalypse is a completed post-apocalyptic LitRPG series.

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