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  Shopping for the Dead

  Rachel Lawson

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  Lance goes to Eastside shopping centre to go clothes shopping. 
   While there he takes a shopper for processing as a grim reaper.

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  Bound by the Basilisk

  Ami Wright

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  Would you make a deal with a deadly basilisk? 
   
   
   
  Diamonds are a girl's best friend, or that's what they say. That's why I love my job as an escort with Monstrous Deals. When the billionaire property mogul who's just opened a new casino in Heartstone tracks me down and demands to be my next client, I'm thrilled. He is far more handsome than my regular clients and dangerously charming. 
   
   
   
  The catch: Erserro is an ancient, deadly basilisk who can kill with a single look. 
   
   
   
  There are rules. I have to be blindfolded and I can never look at him when he touches me. That seems OK at first, but when feelings start to grow, I can't help but long for a closer look at this creature who gives me more pleasure than anyone has ever done. He claims he's a monster. That he's cursed. But the more I get to know him, the more I'd risk everything to uncover a treasure that might be worth more than any diamond. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  A Regent of Love Rhymes

  Guy Thorne

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  A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection Glimpses of the Unknown. Writer Cyril Glendinning is waiting for his big break. He is well reviewed by cultured newspapers but he makes very little money. Then he is commissioned to write a novel for a big publisher but before he is able to finish, disaster strikes. His wife Gertrude is left penniless and alone, until she is awoken one night by a mysterious clicking metallic sound…

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  Broken - Double Trouble

  Rachel Lawson

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  A man shoots the son of the Necromancer because these ageless Magicians look the same and have the same name and Jr is answering the door of his father's house who could blame the shooter for his mistake? Can Jr's broken father save him or will he die? 
  "I'll answer the door," Lance Alexander called hearing the doorbell go off. 
  He walked to the front door and opened it. 
  "Are you Lance Alexander," said the seedy-looking man at the door, 
  "Yes, but-" Lance said only stopping talking because he was shot and the man ran away. 
  Lance's father also called Lance Alexander came running to the door. 
  "What happened Jr? Are you alright?" Sr asked. 
  "I was shot, but I'm alright," said Jr who was playing tougher than he was, "I think he was looking for you?" 
  "Stop playing the hero boy," said his worried father who was looking for the shooter. 
  Jr collapsed on the doorstep Sr picked up his bleeding son and teleported him to the local hospital's emergency waiting room. 
  Running to the reception desk with his bleeding now unconscious son. 
  "My son was shot he needs help," said Sr panicked.

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  The Metamorphosis

  Franz Kafka

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  The Metamorphosis** is a powerful narrative that revolves around the harrowing tale of a young man named Gregor Samsa, who, after a night filled with restless dreams, awakens to find himself inexplicably transformed into a grotesque, beetle-like creature. This sudden and horrifying change casts him into a punishingly lonely existence, forcing him to confront the shame and disgrace he brings upon his family. In his new form, Gregor feels like a stranger in his own home, epitomizing the experience of alienation that many feel in their lives.  
  The story opens with a vivid description of Gregor’s shocking transformation. As he lies in bed, his back now covered in a hard, armor-like shell, he struggles to comprehend his new reality. Lifting his head slightly, he gazes down at his grotesque body – a vast, domed belly segmented and rigid, almost as if it were made from a thick, impenetrable material. The bed quilt, once a comforting presence, now teeters precariously atop him, threatening to slip away and expose the full extent of his bizarre predicament. His legs, thin and weak in comparison to the mass of his body, flail aimlessly before him, a pitiful sight that reinforces his helplessness. This striking imagery frames a profound exploration of human emotions: inadequacy, guilt, and the suffocating sense of isolation that can consume one’s existence.

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  Inside the Mind of Madness - The...

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Leo...

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  To have logic, to reason things out, to have a sense of what is and isn’t and what can and can’t is one of the traits we identify with being human. 
   
  Sad to say that sometimes there are some amongst us who lose touch with this function, are unable to bring order and control to their world.  That is not only a tragedy for themselves but can also have horrific consequences on those around them. 
   
  Our wordsmiths in this volume, including Leo Tolstoy,  Anatole France, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Barry Pain and others explore and exploit their stories and characters in a quest to share and shape our view and experience of what it may be like inside the Mind of Madness.

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