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The Macabre Masterpiece: Repressed Carnage: (Collection of Horror Poetry Book 2)

December 25, 2025
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The Macabre Masterpiece: Repressed Carnage: (Collection of Horror Poetry Book 2)

Not as repressed as all that.

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Traitors, Cannibals, Highlanders, and Vikings

December 25, 2025
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Traitors, Cannibals, Highlanders, and Vikings

I assume there’s a sorting hat involved.

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Merry’s Christmas Cowboy: Christmas Stocking Sweethearts Series (Sweet Historical Western Romance) Book 9

December 25, 2025
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Merry’s Christmas Cowboy: Christmas Stocking Sweethearts Series (Sweet Historical Western Romance) Book 9

Merry Christmas! Here’s your lump of coal.

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The Guardian Cycle, Vol.1: In Dreams and Other Stories

December 24, 2025
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The Guardian Cycle, Vol.1: In Dreams and Other Stories

It’s nice pencil work, but insufficient.

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When Flowers Dance by Moonlight: The Saga of Space Captain Won Kee (Extra-Terrestrial Erotica)

December 24, 2025
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When Flowers Dance by Moonlight: The Saga of Space Captain Won Kee (Extra-Terrestrial Erotica)

That’s right, “extra-terrestrial erotica” — a fact that the cover  entirely fails to convey.

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1 + 2: This Is Only The Beginning

December 24, 2025
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1 + 2: This Is Only The Beginning

I’m certain there are high-def copies of Bruegel’s painting out there somewhere.

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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands – Healing Hearts, Defying Borders: The Extraordinary Journey of Mrs. Seacole

December 23, 2025
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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands – Healing Hearts, Defying Borders: The Extraordinary Journey of Mrs. Seacole

What’s your favorite part? Mine’s “of.”

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Tax Me If You Can: Tax Cheats, Government Waste And The Shooter

December 23, 2025
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Tax Me If You Can: Tax Cheats, Government Waste And The Shooter

Girlboss says hmm.

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