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    The Clockwork Doll
    The Clockwork Doll
    The Clockwork Doll
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    The Clockwork Doll

    By Larisa Walk

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    A mother fights a losing battle for her daughter's survival in a struggle against cancer. Meanwhile her daughter finds her own solution that will change her into someone else.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLarisa Walk
    Release dateNov 13, 2011
    ISBN9781465813787
    The Clockwork Doll
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    Larisa Walk

    Larisa Walk writes paranormal fiction. Several of her short stories have been published in anthologies and magazines. See her latest short story, "The blue dahlia", in the Expanded Horizons online magazine: http://expandedhorizons.net/magazine/?page_id=2533 She has more short stories coming to e-book stores and is currently working on an urban fantasy novel about an agoraphobic, ex-prison inmate witch that must fight an evil sorceress whose power comes from a datura plant nymph she enslaved.

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      The Clockwork Doll - Larisa Walk

      The clockwork doll

      Larisa Walk

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2011 Larisa Walk

      Cover photo by Cristallo

      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes:

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Like many others, I am here in search of a lie. I need this home-spun show to convince me

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