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Divorced and apart from his young daughter, Vince just can't get into the Christmas spirit . He's supposed to be free, gay, and out. His ex-wife even encourages him to date and be happy – but his heart isn't in it.Vince's younger officemate Tom is working through dark times. He can't navigate his way out of a paper bag, but his personable manner and generosity is the bright candle that lights the way for both of them. Friends, family, and the greater...
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A literary magazine of broad-genre fiction, from romance to gritty suspense. In this Winter 2019 issue, enjoy the warmth of a fireplace after a pre-WWII skiing lesson, a novel full of wilderness survival amid the drifts of fine Colorado snow, and a translation from Ancient Czech Legends featuring icy, bitter justice in face of a horrible crime.
Discover the frozen part of the fabulous disc planet from Saga for Pirantina by our featured guest writer...
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Art student. Adventurer. Heroine.
Meet Gina Francesca Migliore. An ordinary woman in the complicated world of the 1991 Balkan War but now, for perhaps just a moment, a hero. Stuck on the train as the Serbian troops shell the port city of Dubrovnik, Gina weighs her options.
Surrounded by frightened refugees whose languages she barely understands, she sees there is much to rescue, before she escapes the war zone.
Nothing can prepare you for the thrill...
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Mother, grandmother, matriarch. In the 1970's communist Prague, Jarka's family yielded to her firm hand, with which she steered them through the militaristic and charged Cold War climate.Except for her son-in-law, super-genius.After an unexpected explosion rocked the house, Jarka decided upon her son-in-law's fate: disarmament, sudden and covert. She had to get rid of everything that went BOOM without getting caught, by him or by the authorities.If...
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A millennial vampire needs a place to sleep - but rent his high.Meet Lucien, who took a chance at eternal undead existence. But being a vampire isn't what Hollywood would want you to believe. A millenial vampire doesn't have a mansion or old, unlimited money. He works the night shift, ducking the sun as best he can. If he only had an ethical source of fresh blood to live on, and a dark, soft place to sleep!Behold, adventure awaits!This story first...
6) Blood
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As Lucien, the millenial vampire in search of "ethical blood" regains his memories, his renewed contact with his cousin Lauren reveals that she's allergic to garlic.Intersting... it might be a false alarm, but it might also mean Lauren will soon need a guide to the world of the Undead.This stand-alone short story is one of several in the Lucien Honore Martel world, where Millenial vampires seek consensual blood donors the way they used to hunt down...
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Prague boys dress up in menacing Krampus costumes to hold up the old men dressed up at St. Nicholases, delivering gifts to little kids. So much loot, and free!Except they run into an army of unexpected guardian angels.Take part in a traditional Czech December 6th holiday tradition. Watch the girls use high-tech tools and traditional cunning to save St. Nicholas day for years to come! A heartwarming tale of courage, wits, and humor to entertain the...
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Cold War Prague. As Katka learns to navigate her way through the world, resolved to barge ahead in a series of crazy-kid adventures, she only echoes the wild, discordant, and often hilarious vibe of her family. Existential issues fight for their spotlight with everyday realities of a dysfunctional socialist regime.
Out of sight, the adults in her life commit clandestine adventures of their own. Their life vibrates with explosive energy next to...
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Fiction without boundaries celebrates the nascent spring in this issue full of adventure, romance, and fantasy. Enjoy works from short stories to a generous novella as you while away your long moments of social separation during a global pandemic. All positive stories, all happy endings.In this issue:RUSALKA (Kate Pavelle) – Stella Vodnansky's coming of age ceremony should've taken place when she was sixteen. She failed, then failed again. Now at...
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Fiction Without Boundaries, Issue 4 brings you the joys of May and of love of all kinds. Siblings, friends, kindred souls finding their way toward each other to become couples.Some go beyond the grave, others reside in the here-and-now.Seven stories with a touch of something outside of our ordinary experience! Finish a short, relaxing read with a smile on your face and that happy feeling of a situation put to right.This collection contains: CATCHING...
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More than 250 classic cookies from the Old Country and the New World, ranging from easy, to elegant, to utterly extravagant!What began twenty years ago as a culinary love poem from an American husband to his Czech-American wife has now evolved into an international tour de force redolent with sweet and spicy goodness. You will rely on this book time and time again for new ideas from our collective immigrant heritage of dimly remembered masterpieces.Meet...
