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D.H. Schleicher

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D.H. Schleicher’s new novel, West Falls Revisited, launched in the summer of 2024. He is also the author of two thematically linked short story collections, When We Come Back (released in 2023), and its predecessor, And Then We Vanish (released in 2020). His earlier novel, the historical thriller Then Came Darkness, plumbs the depths of greed, revenge, and family dysfunction during the Great Depression. He currently resides in the South Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia with his wife and son.

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	Then Came Darkness 4.31 avg rating — 80 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And Then We Vanish: Collected Stories 4.23 avg rating — 48 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Red Moon District by Cetywa Powell (Editor), Patti Abbott (Contributor), Zachary Amendt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thief Maker: A Novel 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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My Top Ten Films of 2025

Having just seen The Testament of Ann Lee (which clocks in at number three) I can now publish my Top Ten Films of 2025. For me, this was a banner year. The top two, Sinners and Hamnet, are potential contenders for Top Ten of the Decade. These were exceptional films that blew me away on […]

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No Way but Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip

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“A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.”
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