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When the tailor becomes sick and cannot finish the waistcoat for the Mayor, the mice finish it for him.
Before Buffy, before Twilight, before Octavia Butler's Fledgling, there was The Gilda Stories, Jewelle Gomez's sexy vampire novel."The Gilda Stories is groundbreaking not just for the wild lives it portrays, but for how it portrays them--communally, unapologetically, roaming fiercely over space and time."--Emma Donoghue, author of Room"Jewelle Gomez sees right into the heart. This is a book to give to those you want most to find their own strength." Dorothy AllisonThis remarkable novel begins in...
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By 1300 AD, the Sky Hand people had crushed and enslaved the Albaamaha people and built their high-walled capital, Split Sky City, to dominate towns up and down the Black Warrior River. But a violent wind is brewing that may topple the city's mighty walls. Great armies are on the march and a cunning new leader, Smoke Shield, has risen. He will lead the Sky Hand people either to stunning triumph or to bloody doom. A novel of desperate political intrigue and spiritual power, "People of the Thunder...
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Magick relies on performance. The ritual must be based on the visuals and tools, as well as the knowledge and ability of the witch. It doesn't matter whether the spiritual forces or demons are involved, the ritual always requires its audience. So that more people can witness the massacres, screams or chanting gracing the cruel night. And sacrifices are just a cherry on top. A crimson-colored one, almost as delicious as blood... In the 1900s London, an ambitious girl Melody Abertfield's desir...
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