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Tales from the Aether: Extraodinary Tales of Dark Fiction, Dark Humor and Horror by Matthew C. Woodruff

  An unsettling, powerful collection… Award-winning Woodruff’s panache for writing shines in his second collection of short stories with the wildly imagined worlds, powerfully drawn realistic characters, and an unsettling portrayal of various happenings in his protagonists’ lives. Merging the…
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The Riven Country of Senga Munro: A Novel (The Riven Country Series Book 1) by Renee Carrier

  A riveting debut… In Carrier’s debut novel, the first in The Riven Country series, the old folks of rural Wyoming and magical realism color a tale of family tragedy, regret, resilience, and long-lasting friendships. It has been two decades…
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Chimera by Maddalena Di Gregorio

A fascinating, engrossing tale… Di Gregorio offers an absorbing dark tale that explores the twisted life of a young woman. Struggling with constant inner conflicts, Anna leaves her home in Montreal and settles in Vancouver. But her path to self-discovery…
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My Life in the Cat House: True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living with Five Felines by Gwen Cooper

  Delightfully funny and moving… Cooper returns with the ongoing adventures of her much-beloved feline family in this delightful collection of eight stories. Born and raised in a dog-loving family, Cooper never considered herself a cat-person until a five-week-old rescue…
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Hap: The Prize Winning Horse by Horace Crenshaw

  Beautifully written, light-hearted read… Set against a fascinating background, Crenshaw brings out mystique of horses and rustic simplicity of Mississippi life in his debut novella. After a tragic incident, Hap, the young horse, starts his training as a racehorse.…
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Quantum Cannibals by Nathan Elberg

Original, intriguing, and irresistible… Set over a large span of time: from Bronze Age Mesopotamia to a Post-Modern city-state, this debut of Nathan Elberg is a dazzling expedition into a treacherous past. Two people take birth again and again over…
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Cryptal’s Champion (Songs of Si’Empra Book 2) by Miriam Verbeek

  A dark, magic-tinged fantasy tale which is both timely and intense… Verbeek returns with this poignant and engrossing second installment in the Songs of Si’Empra series as her adolescent protagonist fights for her people while struggling with her inner…
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Hi Five (An IQ Novel: Book 4) by Joe Ide

  A thrilling read… Ide returns with this brilliant fourth installment in his IQ Novel series, featuring detective Isaiah Quintabe. Angus Byrne, a ruthless white supremacist and a major arms dealer, hires Isaiah to investigate the shooting murder of one…
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Little Cloud: The Science of a Hurricane by Johanna Wagstaffe, ills. Julie McLaughlin

  A must read for young readers… Wagstaffe, a qualified meteorologist, takes readers on an educational journey as she recounts the growth of a hurricane throughout its various stages. The Little Cloud, starts its journey as a tiny puffy cloud…