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English
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She admits she is pleased when the new placard is raised, "Madame Tussaud's House of Wax." She stands in the crowd with François at her side. He leans close enough to touch her ear with the fringe of his mustache and whispers, "What part of the museum would the famous Madame Tussaud like to survey on her inaugural visit? ""The Chamber of Horrors, I think," she says softly. "Really, my dear? All that grim fantasy and blood? ""There is no fantasy about...
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Language
English
Description
Adam McOmber's lush, hallucinatory stories are both familiar and wholly original. Drawn from the historical record, Biblical lore, fairy tales, science fiction, and nightmares, these offbeat and fantastical works explore gender and sexuality in their darkest and most beautiful manifestations. In the tradition of Angela Carter or Kelly Link, My House Gathers Desires is covertly funny and haunting, seeking fresh ways to consider sexual identity and...
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English
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Young Jane Silverlake lives with her father in a crumbling family estate on the edge of Hampstead Heath. Jane has a secret-- an unexplainable gift that allows her to see the souls of man-made objects-- and this talent isolates her from the outside world. Her greatest joy is wandering the wild heath with her neighbors, Madeline and Nathan. But as the friends come of age, their idyll is shattered by the feelings both girls develop for Nathan, and by...
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Publisher
JournalStone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Henry Coxton, a fledgling occult detective, has taken up recent stewardship of a ghost finding firm, investigating gaslit mysteries in the damp cobblestone streets of Edwardian London. Along with his friends and associates, Violet Asquith, a telekinetic with a mysterious past, and Christopher X, a monster of dubious origins, Henry must work against the clock to solve the agency's most terrifying case, one that threatens to destroy all he holds dear...