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Ross doesn't like people.  They cause too much trouble, and they attract the things that only he can see: strange, sometimes fantastical creatures beyond the perception of normal humans.  So of course it's perfect irony that he's suddenly taking care of an eight-year-old who may or may not exist...
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In sweltering Sadria, royal daughter Nisiryn must untangle the mystery of her father's death...before the crime is laid at her feet.
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Led by a monk to the Shrine of St. Bramwell, the girl seeks the truth of an old legend. Can she be healed by the holy waters? Or does redemption come at too high a price?
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A wizard has the opportunity to free the woman he loves from a terrible curse which keeps her captive on the moon, but he must first face the darkness in his own heart. His own soul might just be darker than he ever imagined.
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The origin of jack-o-lanterns, in iambic heptameter...
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Why is it that we are so obsessed by roses. Is it really just the beauty of their benign fruiting bodies? Or is it something more sinister?
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This is the true story behind the grandmother, the wolf, and the girl in the red riding cloak...
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The truth of our reality is firmly rooted in our dreams.
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Fairy fatale
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The Council plans to protect humans, if it can, as they retreat to Earth from the advancing Akridi horde, and sends a lone Scout to determine its chances. It's a "maybe," at best. But the Scout meets a single perplexing and defiant human, and learns far more of value than the its initial mission objective.
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For my wonderful grandfather, Pepere Bill, who still watches us from the stars.
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The first star in the sky has a wish of its own.
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The end of the world couldn't stop Derrin Mason from saying goodbye.
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Books hold more than mere words.
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A whimsical fairy tale:  is there hope for the helplessly creative?

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Faith and hope repress fears and the love of a dear departed feline brings comfort
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A story about killer robots, Jesus Christ, and a convict who holds the key to freedom for a group of survivors.
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Is Death merely an absence?
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Maia Tolliver, who rarely leaves her home, falls off a cliff to her death. Was it an accident or murder? In a world where holograms and sense technology blur the line between reality and imagination, P.I. Hal Borland investigates.  
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Who else may take an interest in our lives?

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"And Came the Thundering Night" looks at the world through the eyes of a wild stallion, born to greatness and to challenge humanity. In his resistance to Their ways, he is caught under the spell of one of Them, a young girl he will carry into battle. Her name is Joan of Arc.
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Space pirate Aston West finds himself with a little problem...really little, and definitely a problem. Come along on the journey, and find out how it all came to pass, in this newest addition to the Aston West series of short stories and novels.
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In the future... our online social networks have replaced our families as our primary form of self-identification and group interaction. This poses a major problem for Roberto, who falls in love with a beautiful girl from an incompatible network in the virtual world of the Metaverse. When another pursuer challenges him to a duel to the death, the star-crossed lover must decide how far he'd travel "Across the Metaverse" to win her heart.
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What if the thing you fear most is what you need to survive?  Without it, you'll dry up and die, but the fear is too big.  You can, maybe, hold it at arm's length.  Or you can commit.
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They called them pocket gods. Nobody knew what to make of the little wooden figures that began appearing all over the world, buried just below the earth's surface. Only one thing was clear: those who possessed them were granted special talents. Now Martin has stumbled across something that will change his life forever. But the nature of these pocket gods is a mystery, and some begin to suspect they have purposes of their own...
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How do ghosts on Mars celebrate Halloween?
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The trouble is, even with everything math has given us, our near mastery of matter, it just couldn't drive out the ghosts.
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For Hermann Nesmith, the FanFare online network is the social life he's always wanted--but the new "friend" he's made might not be 100% human.
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"It wasn't my fault I opened the box"
you lie to yourself--and it hardens your heart.
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Lee Eaton knew his father would do something like re-enlist, even as his mind succumbed to Alzheimer's.  
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