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Monday Writer’s Soundtrack<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Surprise Holiday Story! The Gifts of the Magus<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Monday Writer Soundtrack<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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SERAPH Kindle Countdown Deal Starts 9\/20<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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The Muse Stops by for Coffee and a Gentle Reminder<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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It’s a Monday Random Story Roll (on a Wednesday)!<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Release Day!<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Monday Random Story Roll<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmagnifying glass, fish, eye Back to our regularly scheduled Random Stories. This week, a short, dumb joke for my own amusement. I Swim Alone I...\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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UPDATE: Seraph<\/i> Release Rescheduled to 3\/16<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Random Story: Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men?<\/i><\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Monday Random Story Prompt<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Random Story: We Can Eat Any Billy Goat for $29.99*<\/i><\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Book Review: The Ghost Dance Judgement<\/i><\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Book Review: Piranesi<\/i><\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\u201cThe Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.\u201d I had expected that after a gap of sixteen years since Susanna Clarke’s thick and engaging tome, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, that we were getting another fantasy of epic size. What arrived last month in the form of Piranesi was just a little under…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":878,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-838","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2rDfa-dw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":986,"url":"https:\/\/www.jcmckenna.com\/","url_meta":{"origin":838,"position":0},"title":"Home 2","author":"admin","date":"March 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The SERAPH Has Awakened! Get Your Copy Today

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