![]() I was very unhappy and angry all the time. You’d have expected me to enjoy the stillness of closed rooms, take comfort in dull silence, my gaze moving slowly across paper, walls, heavy curtains, thoughts never shifting from what my eyes identified-book, desk, tree, person. If I’d worn glasses I could have passed for smart, but I was too impatient to be truly smart. The terrain of my face was heavy with soft, rumbling acne scars blurring whatever delight or madness lay beneath that cold and deadly New England exterior. I was thin, my figure was jagged, my movements pointy and hesitant, my posture stiff. The sunlight in the morning illuminated the thin down on my face, which I tried to cover with pressed powder, a shade too pink for my wan complexion. It’s easy for me to imagine this girl, a strange, young and mousy version of me, carrying an anonymous leather purse, or eating from a small package of peanuts, rolling each one between her gloved fingers, sucking in her cheeks, staring anxiously out the window. ![]() You might take me for a nursing student or a typist, note the nervous hands, a foot tapping, bitten lip. ![]() I looked like a girl you’d expect to see on a city bus, reading some clothbound book from the library about plants or geography, perhaps wearing a net over my light brown hair. ![]()
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The juvenile southern elephant seal, nicknamed Neil, hauled out near the beach earlier this week. Marine Conservation Program wildlife biologists and a Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania veterinarian have today moved a hauled out seal from Kingston Beach to a more secluded location to ensure the safety of the seal and the public. ![]() ![]() ![]() Media release – Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania, 28 April 2023 Hauled out seal moved to safer location ![]() ![]() I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. 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Here we have a Steampunk novella (okay, technically a Gaslight novella since magic is a factor and, yes, I’ll explain this in just a minute), a romantic suspense novella, and finally a traditional contemporary romance novella. I was actually super impressed by James’ chutzpah in tying three such different sub-genres together in one volume. Remember yesterday, where I talked about how anthologies are like fabulous Las Vegas buffets where you can sample all kinds of things you would never actually order and you end up liking, if not loving some of them? 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Paige Winterbourne was always either too young or too rebellious to succeed her mother as leader of one of the world's most powerful elite organizations-the American Coven of Witches. FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BITTEN-NOW A SYFY SERIESįrom one of today's most original writers comes the mesmerizing tale of an exceptional young woman caught up in an otherworldly realm where some will stop at nothing to get what they want. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Adrian becomes enmeshed in a puzzle that could hold the key to a shocking secret about spirit magic, a secret that could shake the entire Moroi world. When the life of someone they both love is put on the line, Sydney risks everything to hunt down a deadly former nemesis. After their secret romance is exposed, Sydney and Adrian find themselves facing the wrath of both the Alchemists and the Moroi. 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The international crew is not just facing a difficult twenty-seven months: if the spacecraft manages to make it to Enceladus without incident it must use a drillship to penetrate the kilometer-thick sheet of ice that entombs the moon. Fifteen years later, a hurriedly built spacecraft sets out on the long journey to the ringed planet and its moon. ![]() ![]() ![]() This sensational discovery shows that there is indeed evidence of extraterrestrial life. In the year 2031, a robot probe detects traces of biological activity on Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is time for Breen to seek out those in desperate need of rescue and confront the darkness with every weapon she has. Soon the enemy's witches begin to appear to Breen in her sleep, practicing black magick, sacrificing the innocent, and plotting brutal destruction. With the enemy cast out and the portal sealed it is a time to recover but there is little time to rest. 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