F. Marion Crawford
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English
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Khaled is a hard-working and faithful genie who, in his zeal, goes a little too far and kills a faithless man. This puts him under scrutiny from the powers above, who curse him to live as a human. Since genies have no souls, he will vanish from existence when he dies; but, if he can find true love, he’ll be granted a soul and thus be allowed into heaven.
Written in the style of the “oriental romances” popular in those days, Khaled
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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Once in a long time a man is fished out when it is just too late, and dies in the boat before you can get him aboard, and, well, I don't know that I ever told that story since it happened, I knew a fellow who went over, and came back dead. I didn't see him after he came back; only one of us did, but we all knew he was there.
15) A lady of Rome
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American fiction ; 1687
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Macmillan Company
Pub. Date
1906.
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English
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Saga Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"The essential collection of beloved ghost stories, compiled by the editor who helped define the genre--including stories from award-winning, bestselling authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay. Everyone loves a good ghost story, especially Ellen Datlow--the most lauded editor in short works of supernatural suspense and dark fantasy. The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories is her definitive collection of ghost...
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Publisher
Wildside Press LLC
Language
English
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Christmas — the very word conjures up memories of the most wondrous childhood holiday of all—filled with the glitter of colorfully-wrapped presents, family visits, carols, photographs, decorating the tree, attendance at church to celebrate the birth of the Christ child, and tummy-stuffing dinners tucked with treats seen at no other time of the year. But the yule holiday has been celebrated for at least two centuries in North America, and...
