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  The Witch Caprusche

  Elizabeth F. Ellet

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  What must Ruscha do to secure the magic word that kills when it’s uttered? Taken from a Danish folk tale, and spiced up with lively characters and murky atmosphere, this short tale delivers some wonderful chills.  
   
  Elizabeth Ellet wrote for the magazines, or periodicals in the mid-1800s, and the name of Mrs. Ellet was recognized in literary circles. In 1848, she published her most important work: “The Women of the American Revolution”. Today, Ellet is perhaps known best for the scandal she leaked about Edgar Allan Poe’s rumored affair with Frances Sargent Osgood when both were married to other people. Poe maligned her in the press, knocked her writings, accused her of plagiarism, and even referred to her as “short and fat”. In print.

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  3 Science Fiction Stories

  William Tenn

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  These are three imaginative science fiction stories by an author I admire a lot, William Tenn. Venus is a Man's World, (Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1951), Project Hush (Galaxy Science Fiction, 1954) and Of All Possible Worlds (Galaxy, Sept 1956).

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  When Trying to Return Home -...

  Jennifer Maritza McCauley

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  Profoundly moving and powerful, the stories in this collection dig deeply into the question of belonging. A young woman is torn between overwhelming love for her mother and the need to break free from her damaging influence during a desperate and disastrous attempt to rescue her brother from foster care. A man, his wife, and his mistress each confront the borders separating love and hate, obligation and longing, on the eve of a flight to San Juan. A college student grapples with the space between chivalry and machismo in a tense encounter involving a nun. And in 1930s Louisiana, a woman attempting to find a place to call her own chances upon an old friend at a bar and must reckon with her troubled past. Forming a web of desires and consequences that span generations, Jennifer Maritza McCauley’s Black American and Afro–Puerto Rican characters remind us that these voices have always been here, occupying the very center of American life—even if we haven’t always been willing to listen.

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  Sticky Fingers: The Complete...

  JT Lawrence

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  **All 6 books (72 short stories) now in one bumper binge-worthy edition.** 
  If you're a fan of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" or Roald Dahl's short stories, you'll love these addictive and unsettling stories with a twist in the tale. 
  Light horror meets psychological suspense in these deliciously bite-sized tales. Perfect for life's in-between moments, or staying up late bingeing them all. 
  ESCAPE 
  A suicidal baby knows he was born into the wrong life. He has to get creative to correct the mistake, much to his mother's horror. 
  THE ITCH 
  An intense, uncontrollable, unexplainable itch lands the protagonist in a mental institution. 
  BRIDGE GATE 
  In this poignant and charming short story, a daughter yearns to connect with her absent father through the letters they exchange. She's not put off by his pedantic corrections of her writing, despite the slow reveal that he is less than perfect himself. 
  THE UNSUSPECTING GOLD-DIGGER 
  A woman gradually poisons her husband so that she doesn't have to break his heart. 
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  ★★★★★ "Lawrence makes every word count, telling each story with elegance and emotional punch.” — Patsy Hennessey 
  ★★★★★ "JT Lawrence is the queen of short stories." — Dora Bona 
  ★★★★★ "Each story is masterfully constructed ... Humorous, touching, creepy, but most of all entertaining, this collection is superb." — Tracy Michelle Anderson 
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  If you're a fan of Roald Dahl or Gillian Flynn, you'll love these unsettling stories with a twist in the tale. 
  Are you ready to stay up all night with USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence? 
  Click now to start reading. 
  "Sticky Fingers" has been translated into German, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.

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  The Tomcats and the Ball

  Geo Mihalache

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  From the series 'Stories for Vlad': 
  The tomcats find a ball lost in the orchard and by mistake, while trying to find our what it is, break it.

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  Pirates' Gold

  H. Bedford-Jones

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  George Roberts of Virginia is a captain without a ship. But when he meets his charismatic friend Ned Low, and they share a glass or two, he realizes the next day that he’s signed on as first mate for a voyage to retrieve a fortune in gold.  
  Writing in a variety of genres during the golden age of the pulps, and heavily influenced by Alexandre Dumas, Henry James O’Brian Bedford-Jones was enormously prolific - writing nearly 200 novels, 400 novelettes, and 800 short stories.  
  This story is a standout for several reasons. The plucky woman on board is anything but a damsel in distress. Themes of redemption and honor feature significantly. But rest assured, there’s plenty of action – it is a pirate story, after all!

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