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The Return of Count Electric - & Other Stories - cover

The Return of Count Electric - & Other Stories

William Browning Spencer

Publisher: The Permanent Press

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In The Return of Count Electric & Other Stories, William Browning Spencer demonstrates a wildly imaginative, non-stop narrative skill in the tradition of Roald Dahl and John Collier.
Available since: 02/16/2016.
Print length: 199 pages.

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