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Catherine Schaff-Stump

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Alexander Dumas, Peter Beagle, Jane Austen

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Cath Schaff-Stump writes fantasy for children and adults. She writes funny stories, dark stories, and everything in between. She is the author of the Klaereon Scroll series and the Abigail Rath Versus series. Cath lives and works in Iowa. She hosts the blog Fantastic History and writes the Substack column The Crone.

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	The Vessel of Ra (The Klaereon Scroll #1) 4.14 avg rating — 37 ratings — 6 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
	The Pawn of Isis (The Klaereon Scroll #2) 4.10 avg rating — 10 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
	Paradise Icon Anthology 2020 by Catherine Schaff-Stump (Goodreads Author), Chris Bauer, Doug Engstrom (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 8 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
	Hulk Hercules Professional Wrestler 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010	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
	Abigail Rath Versus Bloodsucking Fiends (Abigail Rath Versus, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 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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	Abigail Rath Versus Mad Science (Abigail Rath Versus #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 5 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
	Alembical 4: A Distallation of Two Novellas by Catherine Schaff-Stump (Goodreads Author), Travis Heermann (Goodreads Author), Lawrence M. Schoen (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 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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One Year Later: Anniversary of Halcyon: Galactic Starcruiser Second Trip

My apologies for the lateness of this piece. Bryon and I returned from Alaska, promptly were diagnosed with Covid, and spent the last week in the limbo of illness.

Now, however, my thoughts are more or less my own, and I wanted to note this event. It has been one year since our second Halcyon voyage on July 30-August 1. I can remember Bryon and I climbing into the back of a Lyft on our way to a hot

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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #1)

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