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A book review, usually about a novel involving elements of fantasy, sci-fi, and/or history. (Feel free to let me know what you think. I love talking books!)
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Some book deals.
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The freebies you'll receive include Magic in the Mud Show, a historical fantasy novella set in the Barnum & Bailey circus of 1892. The story opens like this:
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As the train slowed, Neva cracked open the door to the advance men’s bunkroom and peered inside. “Well, you’re not supposed to be there,” she murmured to the room’s petite, petrified occupant. But her words were drowned out by Brother Paste, who rapped the window at the other end of the railcar and shouted, “Damnation! It’s a sticker war!”
Neva had made her observation to a pale girl who couldn’t have been more than sixteen—the age Neva had been when she joined the circus four years ago. The girl looked more terrified than most runaways, but maybe that was because Brother Paste, whose voice was every bit as immense as the man himself, hadn’t stopped shouting.
“The bastards stole a march on us!” he roared as the train ...
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Nick
