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    Shades of Mortality: Stories from the Lost and Found
    Shades of Mortality: Stories from the Lost and Found
    Shades of Mortality: Stories from the Lost and Found
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    Shades of Mortality: Stories from the Lost and Found

    By Jamal Barbari

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    Join three time-traveling, universe-hopping, interdimensional storytellers as they share stories of life, death, love, and despair in Jamal Barbari's debut short story collection, Shades of Mortality. Each story features a unique illustration by one of 9 different artists and draws the reader into a mixture of profound, touching, and comic tales unlike any you've ever read. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ&B Publishing
    Release dateApr 5, 2024
    ISBN9798224887255
    Shades of Mortality: Stories from the Lost and Found

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