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Alette J. Willis
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“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!” Goethe When I was writing “How to Make a Golem (and Terrify People)”, it just seemed natural that Edda’s mother would take her to Loopy Lorna’s for a heart-to-heart. So that’s what they did. After the book [...]
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How to Make a Golem and Terrify People
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Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction
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| I recently stumbled across the original hardback English edition of this book in a charity shop. I couldn't remember the story, but I could remember the feeling it had given me when I first read it as a child, so I bought it and took it with me on ho...more | |
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| A poignant and disturbing imagining of the last days of the Third Reich as seen through the eyes of 12-year old Helga Goebbel who was brought by her father, Hitler's propanda minister, to stay in Hitler's bunker along with her mother, sisters and bro...more | |
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| A gentle story, told with a great depth of warmth and compassion. At the heart of this tale are insights into the healing power of place, community and love--in all its many myriad forms. A great read for a cold winter weekend. | |
“It's easier to believe in things after dark.”
― Alette J. Willis, How to Make a Golem and Terrify People
― Alette J. Willis, How to Make a Golem and Terrify People
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“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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