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Heart of Darkness

by Vyvyan Lynn

In the early part of the twentieth century, families gathered around radios to be entertained by a new play. Repertory companies made up the cast of voices for these plays. Voices came through the radio, taking their audience on... Read More

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Children of Disobedience

by Karen Wyckoff

Perched high upon the broad limbs of a narrative, yet shrouded by the brambles of private musings, literary eyes track the flight of Katharina von Bora. From the swell of this drama, an escape through moonlit woods from a convent in... Read More

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Greenfield for President

by Karl Helicher

Jeremiah Greenfield, soon to be presidential candidate, was having a terrible day. In Job-like succession, he loses his job, wife, wealthy patron, and almost his life. The odds for success were never very good for Jeremiah: as a child,... Read More

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The Lucky Gourd Shop

by Gabrielle Shaw

In this novel, Scott uses an unusual approach to solve a family dilemma. Faced with the voracious “need to know” of her teenage and adopted children, and the grinding frustration of noncooperative bureaucratic agencies, she finds a... Read More

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The Sun Will Befriend Them

by Jim Filkins

Walking a tightrope, placing one foot carefully in front of the other, cradling the rope with the insole of each foot, arms extended for balance, each step accompanied by an impending, yet fleeting vertigo, the tightrope walker moves... Read More

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Widening the Road

by John Flesher

In the foreword of this book, Bonnie poses a question: What veteran writer wouldn’t jump at the chance to issue a new-and-improved version of his early works? For him, the answer came easily when the editorial director of Livingston... Read More

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Sparrow's Flight

Evil creatures of the night—abominations of legends long ago—have already swept across Tzardia at the head of immortal Hezra-Thrall’s army, maiming and killing all in their path, and are beginning to creep into neighboring Neffrom... Read More

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Phoenix Eyes

by Johanna Massé

Exploding traditional stereotypes, the Chinese Americans in Leong’s collection of short stories rarely see the inside of a university, let alone become computer geniuses. In the fourteen stories contained in Phoenix Eyes, Leong... Read More

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