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  Brooksmith

  Henry James

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  "Brooksmith," a short story written by Henry James in 1891, tells the tale of Brooksmith, a retired diplomat's butler the 'narrator' had once known. Brooksmith was responsible for the preservation of the atmosphere the diplomat's salon where the guests enjoyed a high level of intellectual conversation. Brooksmith was regarded by the narrator as "the artist" who insured that the company at each gathering was the optimum number and mix of personalities to provide the highest level of conversation possible. 
   
  This was partially of benefit to Brooksmith himself, who would linger in the room on some pretext or other in order to eavesdrop on the exchanges. The diplomat was well aware of this, and alluded to it on occasion with dryly humorous remarks. With the diplomat's death, Brooksmith loses his vocation, which to him was almost a calling. At the end of the story, the narrator reveals that Brooksmith, lonely and dispirited, works a few odd jobs but falls into poverty and illness, and eventually disappears.

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  The Last Test

  Adolphe de Castro, H.P. Lovecraft

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  
  A melodramatic tale of a doctor searching for a cure to a mysterious affliction tormenting San Francisco. His sinister assistant, Surama, "helps" him. 
  Adolphe de Castro was an author much older than Lovecraft, best known for his acquaintance with Ambrose Bierce (whom he tried to exploit in various ways). When he met H.P. Lovecraft, he was still aspiring to be a writer, and things were going so poorly that he sought assistance. De Castro offered Lovecraft two options: either editing extensive memoirs of his acquaintance with Bierce or a collection of stories titled "In the Confessional." The Providence writer chose the latter, specifically to revise one of the stories in the collection. The chosen piece was titled "A Sacrifice to Science."

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  Dawn's a New Day and Other...

  Danielle Ackley-McPhail

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  Seven tales of conflict set among the stars, driven by the very roots of humankind’s Earth-bound strife. Yet even in the face of the vast void of space, these brave souls fight to hold on to their humanity. 
  This audiobook includes the following stories: 
  “Dawns a New Day”—A seemingly innocuous artifact all but destroys the technological world. It is up to one uncommon girl to lead the way out of the darkness. 
  “The Steady Drone of Silence”—An engineer at a remote testing facility makes a cold, hard discovery. Will he and his team survive to correct his miscalculation? 
  “Travellin’ Show”—Ever doomed to wander, the Romani take to the stars to build a new life, only to discover society’s prejudices have followed. When one of their own goes missing, the lines between justice and vengeance blur. 
  “Casualties of War”—The lone survivor of a deadly battle, a young conscript despairs that no one will find him before he falls to the scavengers. Only a trophy taken from a fallen soldier renews his hope he will come out of this alive. 
  “The Devil’s Own Luck”—A stowaway on a star freighter discovers those chasing him are the least of his worries as the ship he has hidden on is hijacked by pirates. 
  “No Man Left Behind”—Missing and presumed dead, a soldier captured by the opposition is forced to use his demolition skill to set a trap for his own team. 
  “New Discoveries”—Conflicts increase between unaltered colonists and gene-mods on the colony planet Fremont. A young girl, raised to distrust those altered, learns that differences say less about a person than their choices.

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  Richard Middleton - A Short...

  Richard Middleton

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  Richard Barham Middleton was born on the 28th October 1882 in Staines, Middlesex. 
   
  His education was primarily at Cranbrook School in Kent before he began work as a clerk, in 1901, at the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation in London.  There he struggled with constraints and boundaries and by night he took to a bohemian lifestyle.   
   
  Middleton moved into rooms in Blackfriars and joined the New Bohemians club where his literary contacts grew. 
   
  He became an editor at Vanity Fair where he told a fellow editor, the notorious Frank Harris, that he wanted to pursue a career as a poet.  Shortly afterwards Harris published Middleton’s poem ‘The Bathing Boy’. 
   
  As an author he is most remembered for his short ghost stories. 
   
  Richard Middleton died on 1st December 1911.  He was 29.

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  Forgetting to Remember Love

  Ella Stories

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  A renowned neurosurgeon, fiercely independent and dismissive of love, faces a life-altering condition that slowly erases his personal memories. The only person who can help him hold on to his identity is an optimistic, free-spirited musician, who becomes the doctor's unexpected treatment — and perhaps, his greatest love. As the doctor's memories fade, they must learn to navigate their differences, find common ground, and write a love story one won't remember and the other will never forget.

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  Taboo Erotica - Hot sex Stories...

  MIA LEE

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  Do you enjoy sexual encounters that are unusual? 
  Do you love to read about people who enjoy threesomes, cheating and BDSM? 
  This book has them all! 
  Sex is something that most people enjoy. Many sex lives are routine and follow a pattern, but while we do this many of us also have our secret desires that are bubbling under the surface, ready to be released at a moment’s notice. 
  Most stay there, hidden from sight and will never be realized, but if you’ve ever wanted to enter a world where sexual fetishes are played out at the highest level, then this book, Taboo Erotica Hot Sex Stories: 15 Short Sex Stories for Adult Erotica Book, will satisfy every longing you ever had. 
  From tantalizing foreplay and cuckolding that takes lovers to the brink, through to a quickie with the teacher, sex with strangers and much more besides, this is a book that delivers 15 beautifully crafted stories of lust and passion that will leave you breathless and craving for more. 
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