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  The Truth About Pyecraft

  H. G. Wells

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  The Truth About Pyecraft by H. G. Wells is a witty and satirical tale blending humor with social critique. The story follows Mr. Pyecraft, an overweight, indolent member of a gentleman’s club, who seeks a magical remedy for weight loss. He convinces the narrator, a skeptical man of Indian descent, to share an ancient family recipe. To Pyecraft’s dismay, the potion works too well—instead of losing weight, he becomes weightless, floating uncontrollably. The situation grows absurd as Pyecraft struggles to adapt, relying on weights and tethers to stay grounded. Wells uses this whimsical premise to mock vanity, indulgence, and colonial attitudes, while exploring themes of unintended consequences. A blend of comedy and sharp observation, The Truth About Pyecraft offers a lighthearted yet incisive commentary on human folly and societal pretensions.

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  The Haunter of the Dark

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  "The Haunter of the Dark" is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written between 5-9 November 1935 and published in the December 1936 edition of Weird Tales. It was the last-written of the author's known works, and is part of the Cthulhu Mythos. The epigraph to the story is the second stanza of Lovecraft's 1917 poem "Nemesis". In Providence, Rhode Island, Robert Blake, a young writer with an interest in the occult, becomes fascinated by a large disused church on Federal Hill which he can see from his lodgings on the city's Upper East side. His researches reveal that the church has a sinister history involving a cult called the Church of Starry Wisdom and is dreaded by the local migrant inhabitants as being haunted by a primeval evil...

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  Around the World in Eighty Days

  Jules Verne

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  "Around the World in Eighty Days" is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. The story revolves around Phileas Fogg, a wealthy English gentleman who lives a meticulously ordered life in London. Despite his wealth, Fogg is solitary and mysterious, adhering to precise routines and mathematical precision. His life takes an unexpected turn when he accepts a wager from his fellow club members at the Reform Club: £20,000 (equivalent to £1.9 million in 2019) that he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days.

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  Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear

  Seanan McGuire

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  Giant turtles, impossible ships, and tidal rivers ridden by a Drowned girl in search of a family in the latest in the bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award–winning Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire.“Nadya’s story reads like a fairy tale, thanks to narrator Barrie Kreinik, whose Russian accent immerses readers in the story and delivers lines with a smooth, gentle tone reminiscent of a mother reading a storybook to her children.”—Library JournalNadya had three mothers: the one who bore her, the country that poisoned her, and the one who adopted her.Nadya never considered herself less than whole, not until her adoptive parents fitted her with a prosthetic arm against her will, seeking to replace the one she'd been missing from birth.It was cumbersome; it was uncomfortable; it was wrong.It wasn't her.Frustrated and unable to express why, Nadya began to wander, until the day she fell through a door into Belyrreka, the Land Beneath the Lake—and found herself in a world of water, filled with child-eating amphibians, majestic giant turtles, and impossible ships that sailed as happily beneath the surface as on top. In Belyyreka, she found herself understood for who she was: a Drowned Girl, who had made her way to her real home, accepted by the river and its people.But even in Belyyreka, there are dangers, and trials, and Nadya would soon find herself fighting to keep hold of everything she had come to treasure.A Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com.

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  Tattered Huntress

  Helen Harper

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  Sure, I might be a low elf. But that doesn't mean I won't get up to high jinks. 
   
   
   
  Daisy Carter knows she's not anyone special. She might be brave and resourceful. She might possess a touch more magic than your average low elf. But, when it comes down to it, she's just another delivery driver trying to make a living. Admittedly, life would be easier without her addiction to a dangerous drug called spider's silk—but she's got her reasons for that. Nobody's perfect. 
   
   
   
  However, Daisy's world changes when she crosses paths with Hugo Pemberville, the celebrated high elf who's well known for being an accomplished treasure hunter. He's also an arrogant idiot who deliberately destroys Daisy's life. 
   
   
   
  Before she knows it, she's thrust into a treasure hunting adventure that she could never have dreamed of. 
   
   
   
  Daisy is determined to succeed, even if only to show Hugo that he's not as good as he thinks he is. But treasure hunting is more difficult and more dangerous than she'd expected. And Hugo is more annoying, more skilled—and, damn him, more alluring as well.

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  Jorinda and Jorindel

  Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

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  Deep within a shadowed forest stands an ancient castle ruled by a powerful and merciless fairy—one who turns love into captivity and innocence into song. 
  Jorinda and Jorindel are young, devoted, and newly promised to one another when they wander too close to this cursed place. In a single, devastating moment, Jorinda is transformed into a nightingale and imprisoned among hundreds of enchanted birds, while Jorindel is left helpless, bound by magic and grief. 
  Driven by love and guided by a prophetic dream, Jorindel embarks on a quiet but determined quest to break the spell that stole his beloved away. Armed only with hope and a mysterious purple flower, he dares to return to the fairy’s domain—where ancient magic, dark enchantments, and redemption await. 
  One of the Brothers Grimm’s most haunting and romantic fairy tales, Jorinda and Jorindel weaves together themes of forbidden magic, steadfast devotion, and the triumph of love over cruelty. Narrated with elegance and emotional depth by Joanna Agee, this classic tale unfolds like a spell whispered at twilight—beautiful, eerie, and unforgettable.

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