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Nina Kiriki Hoffman
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Tom can see ghosts-and that's the least of his gifts. Now he must harness his newfound magic to save Chapel Hollow. A drifter trying to hide his extraordinary powers-and find a place where he belongs-Tom Renfield has recently settled in the small Oregon town of Arcadia. But when Laura Bolte gets into his cab, he's plunged deep into a world of magic he didn't even know existed. The pair is thrown together by supernatural forces, and Tom learns that...
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Here's this issue's lineup:
Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:
"What's the Time, Mr. Wolf?" by Christine Poulson [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
"The Loser Takes All," by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
"Home for Christmas," by Frank Zafiro [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
"Thubway Tham Reformth," by Johnston McCulley [short story]
The Diamond Coterie, by Lawrence L. Lynch [novel]
Science Fiction & Fantasy:
"The Power of the Cocoon,"...
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Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned horror and dark fantasy authors! Explore the uncanny world of mummies, ancient Egypt, and dark sorcery, with these 20 stories:
• SYMPATHY FOR MUMMIES, by John Gregory Betancourt.
• SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY, by Edgar Allan Poe.
• THE POWER OF WAKING, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman.
• THE MUMMY'S FOOT, by Jessie Adelaide Middleton.
• LOST IN A PYRAMID, OR...
8) Thresholds
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Viking
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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When she and her family move to Oregon, Maya discovers that the kids in a nearby apartment building perform magic and use portals to visit other worlds, a situation that is complicated by Maya's efforts to safeguard an alien.
9) Meeting
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Magic next door volume 2
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Viking
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Middle school student Maya Andersen and her family move to Oregon, where the residents of the apartment building next to them have magical powers and the basement is a portal to other worlds, which Maya and her secret alien companion, Rimi, must use to track down aliens who snatched Rimi from her home planet in an attempt to rule the universe.
11) A stir of bones
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Viking
Pub. Date
2003
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English
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After discovering the secrets that lie in an abandoned house, fourteen-year-old Susan Backstrom, with the help of some new friends, has the ability to make a safe, new life for herself.
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English
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"What if there were a war after Armageddon? How would the survivors emerging from World War III's radioactive slag heaps fight in this conflict? Would they wage it with sticks and stones . . . and sorcery? Or would they use more refined weapons, elevating lawfare to an art and unleashing bureaucratic nightmares worse than death? Would they struggle against themselves or inter-dimensional invaders? What horrors from the desolate darkness might slither...
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The Vampire Megapack collection 27 tales of vampires! Authors represented included Bram Stoker, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Darrell Schweitzer, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and many more. The complete contents are:
"Mrs. Amworth," by E. F. Benson
"Lost Epiphany," by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
"Weeping Willow," by T. A. Bradley
"The Greater Thirst," by Marilyn "Mattie" Brahen
"Clarimonde," by Theophile Gautier
"Waiting for the Hunger," by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
"Kvetchula,"...
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The Wildside book of Fantasy presents 20 great fantasy tales by modern masters. Included are stories by Tanith Lee, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Gene Wolfe, Fritz Leiber, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Robert E. Howard, and many more. A choice selection of tales!
• THE DEAD MAN, by Gene Wolfe.
• BRIGHT STREETS OF AIR, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman.
• THE DOLPHIN AND THE DEEP, by Thomas Burnett Swann.
• THE SWORDSMEN OF VARNIS, by Clive Jackson.
• THE EMPEROR OF...
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Christmas - the very word conjures up memories of the most wondrous childhood holiday of all-filled with the glitter of colorfully-wrapped presents, family visits, carols, photographs, decorating the tree, attendance at church to celebrate the birth of the Christ child, and tummy-stuffing dinners tucked with treats seen at no other time of the year. But the yule holiday has been celebrated for at least two centuries in North America, and our writers...
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Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories:
WHAT'S HE DOING IN THERE? by Fritz Leiber
THE MARCHING MORONS, by C.M. Kornbluth
GHOST, by Darrell Schweitzer
DEATH WISH, by Robert Sheckley
THE WAVERIES, by Fredric Brown
ADAM AND NO EVE, by Alfred Bester
FOXY LADY, by Lawrence Watt-Evans
THIN EDGE, by Randall Garrett
COMPANDROID, by Nina Kiriki...
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Uncanny Magazine
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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The November/December 2022 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.
Featuring new fiction by Samantha Mills, Vivian Shaw, Matthew Olivas, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Iori Kusano, Anya Ow, and Emily Y. Teng. Reprint fiction by Catherynne M. Valente. Essays by Izzy Wasserstein, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Alex Jennings, and Karen Heuler, poetry by Eshqin Ahmad, Ewen Ma, May Chong, Taiwo Hassan, and Ai Jiang, interviews with Vivian Shaw and Iori
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Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Featuring contributions from Jim Butcher, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Heather Graham, this horror anthology includes 26 terrifying tales, from a teenage virgin werewolf who gets a deadly surprise while visiting a brothel, to thrill-seekers who go looking for trouble at a B&B with a bloody history.
