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I rarely enjoy short stories but Charles de Lint always captures my imagination with his stories, he is the exception to my rule. The same characters are threaded through these stories but from different aspects. It fills them out and peoples Newford with many characters that we feel as if we know. An excellent collection.

Included in The Newford Stories
♦"Waifs & Strays" re-read Oct 11, 2000 Re-read 8/7/2015
♦"Mr. Truepenny's Book Emporium and Gallery" Re-read 7/31/2015
The Forest Is Crying
The Wishing Well
Dead Man's Shoes
Bird Bones and Wood Ash
A Tempest in Her Eyes
Saxophone Joe and the Woman in Black
♦"The Bone Woman" re-read 11/8/2001 Re-read 7/30/2015
♦"Pal o' Mine" from Christmas Forever (also reprinted in Season of Wonder and
) re-read 9/27/2015
Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night
Dream Harder, Dream True
The Po ...more
♦"Waifs & Strays" re-read Oct 11, 2000 Re-read 8/7/2015
♦"Mr. Truepenny's Book Emporium and Gallery" Re-read 7/31/2015
The Forest Is Crying
The Wishing Well
Dead Man's Shoes
Bird Bones and Wood Ash
A Tempest in Her Eyes
Saxophone Joe and the Woman in Black
♦"The Bone Woman" re-read 11/8/2001 Re-read 7/30/2015
♦"Pal o' Mine" from Christmas Forever (also reprinted in Season of Wonder and

Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night
Dream Harder, Dream True
The Po ...more

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