The Book of Tales

By Ted Stetson

He gives his orphaned niece a book to read and fears it is changing her into a witch.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ted Stetson
• Release date: Mar 9, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458079718

Ted Stetson

Ted Stetson is a member of SFWA. He was born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island and went to Seton Hall and Hofstra. He graduated from the University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas. He was awarded First Place by the Florida Literary Arts Council and First Place in the Lucy B. McIntire contest of the Poetry Society of Georgia. His short fiction has appeared in Twisted Tongue, MysteryAuthors.com, Future Orbits, State Street Review, and the anthologies; One Evening a Year, Mota: Truth, Ruins Extraterrestrial Terra, Ruins Terra and Barren Worlds. His books include: Night Beasts, The Computer Song Book.

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The Book of Tales

By Ted Stetson

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Copyright 2011 Ted Stetson

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Cover art by Michal Zacharzewski

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The Book of Tales

By Ted Stetson

I never wanted children so when my brother-in-law Norman and his wife died in a car accident and I said we should let her sister, Lily, take her. Emma gave me one of her looks and I reminded her that her health was delicate and a child would put a severe strain on it. Emma would not listen and Isabella came to live with us.

We don't know how to take care of children, I said.

We'll learn, Emma said.

What will we do with her? We have to be at the store. Why it would take three clerks to replace you and we can't afford it.

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