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  A Smiling Ghost - From their...

  W G Kelly

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  The bookshelves of American literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is W G Kelly.

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  Places Like These

  Lauren Carter

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  Finalist for the 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards
  A widow visits a spiritualist community to attempt to contact her late husband. A grieving teenager confronts the unfairness of his small-town world and the oncoming ecological disaster. A sexual assault survivor navigates her boyfriend's tricky family and her own confusing desires. A mother examines unresolved guilt while seeking her missing daughter in a city slum. A lover exploits his girlfriend's secrets for his own purposes. Whether in Ecuador or San Francisco, rural Ontario or northern Manitoba, the landscape in each of Carter's poignant short stories reflects each character's journey.
  Psychologically complex and astute, Places Like These plumbs the vast range of human reactions to those things which make us human—love, grief, friendship, betrayal, and the intertwined yet contrasting longing for connection and independence.

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  Aunt Judy's Tales

  Margaret Gatty

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  This is a collection of six short stories by Margaret Gatty, writing as Mrs. Alfred Gatty.   All told by 'an elder girl' in a large family to the 8 little ones gathered around.  "There is not a more charming sight in the domestic world, than that of an elder girl in a large family, amusing what are called the little ones.  "How could mamma have ventured upon that cosy nap in the arm-chair by the fire, if she had been harassed by wondering what the children were about?  Whereas, as it was, she had overheard No. 8 begging the one they all called “Aunt Judy,” to come and tell them a story, and she had beheld Aunt Judy’s nod of consent; whereupon she had shut her eyes, and composed herself to sleep quite complacently, under the pleasant conviction that all things were sure to be in a state of peace and security, so long as the children were listening to one of those curious stories of Aunt Judy’s, in which, with so much drollery and amusement, there was sure to be mixed up some odd scraps of information, or bits of good advice."   - Summary by Phil Chenevert

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  Charlie Martz and Other Stories...

  Elmore Leonard

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  A collection of fifteen stories, eleven of which have never been previously published, from the early career of bestselling American master Elmore Leonard. 
  Over his long and illustrious career, Elmore Leonard was recognized as one of the greatest crime writers of all time, the author of dozens of bestselling books—many adapted for the big screen—as well as a master of short fiction. A superb stylist whose crisp, tight prose crackled with trademark wit and sharp dialogue, Leonard remains the standard for crime fiction and a literary model for writers of every genre. 
  Marked by his unmistakable grit and humor, the stories in Charlie Martz and Other Stories—produced early in his career, when he was making his name particularly with westerns—reveal a writer in transition, exploring new voices and locations, from the bars of small-town New Mexico and Michigan to a film set in Hollywood, a hotel in Southern Spain, even a military base in Kuala Lumpur. They also introduce us to classic Leonard characters, some who recur throughout the collection, such as aging lawman Charlie Martz and weary former matador Eladio Montoya. 
  Devoted Leonard aficionados and fans new to his fiction will marvel at these early works that reveal an artist on the cusp of greatness.

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  Aleister Crowley - The Shorter...

  Aleister Crowley

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  Edward Alexander Crowley was born on 12th October 1875 to wealthy parents in Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. 
  He was educated at Malvern College, Tonbridge School, Eastbourne College and finally Trinity College, Cambridge where he focused on his passions of mountaineering and poetry and published several volumes. 
  Life for Crowley was to abandon his parents’ Christian faith and instead to inject himself into Western esotericism.  In 1898, he joined the esoteric Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and was trained in ceremonial magic before studying both Hindu and Buddhist practices in India. 
  On his Egyptian honeymoon in 1904 he claimed contact with an entity―Aiwass―who gave him the sacred Book of the Law which served as the basis for the Thelema religion where he identified as its prophet.  During the Great War, which he spent in the United States, he claimed to be working for British Intelligence but by the 1920s he had decamped to pursue a libertine lifestyle in Sicily, and in the ensuing scandals was evicted by the Italian Government. 
  He divided the following two decades between France, Germany, and England, and the continuing promotion of Thelema. 
  During his life he gained widespread notoriety for his drug use, his bisexuality, and his alarming views on society.  In short, polite society frowned on his ways, his thoughts and his influence but to many others his stance had much of value.  Even after death he was a darling for the 60’s counterculture but his influence has since waned.   
  His literary works were both prolific and covered many topics.  In the early part of his career he published many poetry books, even plays, before his darker and more forceful works came to dominate his output. 
  Aleister Crowley died on 1st December 1947 at Hastings in England. He was 72.

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  The Night of a Thousand Lanterns...

  K.A. Dunlap

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  In a quiet Japanese village preparing for an ancient lantern ceremony, three travelers arrive not as warriors, but as witnesses and participants. 
  Kimiko has returned to the place where discipline first shaped her life. Freija walks beneath unfamiliar skies, carrying wonder from a colder world. Adrian watches from the edges, alert even when peace seems certain. What begins as a night of tradition and remembrance slowly reveals fractures beneath the surface. Some rites are meant to honor the past. Others test whether it has truly been understood. 
  When a revered master vanishes, reflection gives way to urgency. The village must confront unspoken resentments, unresolved tensions, and the cost of mistaking tradition for stagnation. The answers are not found in dominance or force, but in patience, restraint, and choice. 
  The Night of a Thousand Lanterns is a character-driven science fiction tale about memory, belonging, and the quiet power of release. Set within the Crimson Alliance Universe, it stands alone as a contemplative story of ritual and renewal, where even those from distant worlds can share in a tradition older than conflict itself. Some lights are released to guide the departed. Others remain behind, passed forward to those still learning how to carry them.

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