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    Mores of the Maelstrom: Volume 1 (A Collection of Short Stories by Mark Sheldon)
    Mores of the Maelstrom: Volume 1 (A Collection of Short Stories by Mark Sheldon)
    Mores of the Maelstrom: Volume 1 (A Collection of Short Stories by Mark Sheldon)
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    Mores of the Maelstrom: Volume 1 (A Collection of Short Stories by Mark Sheldon)

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    A collection of six short stories of the dark and mysterious by author Mark Sheldon.

    In "The Second Chance," Claire awakens suddenly to find herself sitting in the waiting room of the enigmatic "Dr. T." She has no recollection of how she came to be here or even where "here" is.

    In "The Life of Death," see the birth and early adolescent years of Morrey, and witness her journey to become the Angel of Death.

    In "The King of Lost Vegans," Jonathan Sykes travels 2,000 years into the future and discovers the bizarre fate of the human race.

    In "A Letter to Mr. Barnabus Blathersby," a mysterious and deadly affliction has begun spreading across the East Coast.

    In "The Story of Bob," a man on the high road to Wall Street loses everything when an old friend sets him up to fail.

    In "You Did it Again," Anne's family finds a secluded abandoned cabin to take shelter after their car breaks down in the middle of a blizzard - but the arrival of a strange child plunges them into a mystery beyond any of their comprehension.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Sheldon
    Release dateOct 19, 2014
    ISBN9781310591150
    Mores of the Maelstrom: Volume 1 (A Collection of Short Stories by Mark Sheldon)
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    Mark Sheldon

    Mark Sheldon is the author of the upcoming series, "The Noricin Chronicles." The first installment, "The Lost Boy," is due to be released on January 11th, 2011. Visit http://noricin.webs.com for more information!

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