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A Turn of the Wheel by Bruce Hesselbach, Jennifer Eifrig, Paul Freeman

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Received Free for Read-for-Review : Goodreads Group : Pro-Active Destruction: Paul Freeman

A collection of stories from [a:Paul Freeman|6552299|Paul Freeman|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1415899929p2/6552299.jpg] (5 stories), [a:Gary Beck|6941828|Gary Beck|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1361842556p2/6941828.jpg] (3 stories), [a:Mark Roman|6446066|Mark Roman|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png] (2 stories), [a:Bruce Hesselbach|6896866|Bruce Hesselbach|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1372118757p2/6896866.jpg] (2 stories), and [a:Jennifer Eifrig|6883911|Jennifer Eifrig|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1357870759p2/6883911.jpg]/Evelyn Grimwood (2 stories).

Carnival by Paul Freeman, when a certain carnival comes to town a part of the population forgets the missing people taken from their lives...and it will happen again sometime soon.

RNA by Gary Beck, when a ballplayer gets hurt he finds himself shuffled though a medical system that more mechanical than human, including his nurse, Felicity, a A.I.

There at the End by Mark Roman, as humans are dying off, the robots stand to inherit the Earth- as they planned it.

Ixchal's Tear by Paul Freeman, Olafson's Sea Serpent comes to the shores of the land of Ixchal's people to conquer as vikings do, she leads them to their doom. Seems to be historical.

The Hall of Dreams by Gary Beck, it is life and death for those who come of age and seek to become citizens, all in the Hall of Dreams under Uriel's eye.

Swarming Disenchantments by Bruce Hesselbach, Squire Gloigin Ffargameg of Kennaquhair and the Abbess Elliville Dnalland of Mummelsee fight over the finalizing of the last area of the planet Yxongo, in a epic game of enchanting gwithslog...and poetry.

The Stowaway by Jennifer Eifrig/Evelyn Grimwood, the airship TYPHON carries a cross-dressing Kincaid and the strange stowaway, a neamh-mairbh whom the sister of Jonathan Connor finds herself falling for, she's wanted by both the Americans and the Irish Clan Na Gael, but dare she want for herself?

The Last Glance by Gary Beck, it seems a stupid waste of time to go to the surface and see the last tree, but his Mom and Dad demand it, although he knows his future is in building the underground.

Clam Chowder by Bruce Hesselbach, Prince Uthred Gellethin, is the unlikely hero of the sinking islands of Photenvre, and must leads his people to sail north, though all know to sail north is death.

America by Paul Freeman, a inheritance is wasted on the son of 'gentry' of a small inhabitable region, until they are rid of him by a traveling show from the USA, he sells his lands and follows her to America, where she leaves him no better off when his money runs out.

Despair by Paul Freeman, Malone falls deep into despair when his wife and children leave him, once a bank manager, despair had made him a homeless drunk who seeks to forget the pain.

An Diabhal Sa Fear Ciúin by Paul Freeman, when Flanagan (a Yankee) comes to the Mountains of Mourne, who might be Mary Flanagan and the Devil's son, for vengeance comes after seventy years in a card game for four souls...

From Here to Where by Jennifer Eifrig, in 1862, Chaplain Roger Matthews finds love and heartbreak in the discovery that he is a Son of Anubis.

Over The Black Hills by Paul Freeman, kidnapped into the Royal Navy a run away becomes master of the vessel that took him long ago, something of a pirate's life.

A Disastrous Decision by Mark Roman, Tim could have saved the human race if he had chosen Earth's six other survives of a alien 'accident' instead of turning to his mother - now the survival of the species rests with him, his mum, his dad, granddad Alf, Great Aunt Agatha, Bert from the pub and last, but not least, Rosie Scroggins from the Bingo Club...poor Tim.
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