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06. Life of Ma Parker, 2 stars. Housekeeper has a death in the family.
07. Marriage à la Mode, 4 stars. Wife makes artsy friends.
08. The Voyage, 4 stars. Child travels by boat with grandmother.
09. Miss Brill, 3 stars. Eavesdropper hears something unpleasant.
10. Her First Ball, 2 stars. Country cousin's society debut.

01. At the Bay, 3 stars. Indifferent family goes about their day on the seaside.
02. The Garden Party, 3 stars. Snobby family has party despite local tragedy.
03. The Daughters of the Late Colonel, 3 stars. Fluff-for-brains sisters deal with the death of their controlling father.
04. Mr and Mrs Dove, 4 stars. Young man gets the nerve up to propose.
05. The Young Girl, 2 stars. Teen is self absorbed.

Fatty: "...she was so fat and glossy she looked like a lump of half-melted toffee."

05. The Entail, 3 stars. Castle has a dark history, and a noisy ghost.
06. Doge and Dogaressa, 1 star. The tedious romantic backstory of a painting.
07. The Mines at Falun, 2 stars. Sailor is wishy washy, becomes miner, goes cray cray.
08. The Choosing of the Bride, 2 stars. Three men want to marry the same girl, magicians fight it out.

Wiki: "As is well known, the great opencast working of the Falun ore mine is twelve hundred feet long, six hundred feet wide and a hundred and eighty feet deep."


Falun Mine HDR by Ante.90

Word/wiki: "...in a contrivance shaped like a small shallop and from that dizzy height would descend at lightning speed to the balcony..."

1. a usually 2-masted ship with lugsails
2. a small open boat propelled by oars or sails and used chiefly in shallow waters

That was a bumpy ride, the standouts for me were:

Nightmare, 4 stars. So much anxiety! Ending was silly.
The Honeymoon of Mrs. Smith, 4/3 stars. I preferred version 1, but both sides were compelling.
The Good Wife, 4 stars. Nice little twist.
The Order of Charlotte's Going, 5 stars. Amazing, worth the stuff-my-kids-say slog.
The Possibility of Evil, 4 stars. She does people being self-righteous very well.

49. A Great Voice Stilled, 2 stars. Famous writer is dying.
50. All She Said Was Yes, 2 stars. Neighbors take in girl after tragic accident.
51. Home, 3 stars. City couple moves to the country.
52. I.O.U., 3 stars. Whole town exchanging favors, and cabbage.
53. The Possibility of Evil, 4 stars. Nasty old woman makes a mistake.

43. Alone in a Den of Cubs, 2 stars. Making boys be quiet.
44. The Order of Charlotte's Going, 5 stars. Playing tricks on a dying woman.
45. One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts, 2 stars. Man doing small acts of kindness.
46. The Missing Girl, 4 stars. Girl disappears from summer camp.
47. The Omen, 2 stars. Shopping grandma, hesitant fiancé.
48. The Very Strange House Next Door, 2 stars. Fairy godmother, again.

37. The Wishing Dime, 2 stars. Good luck for everyone.
38. About Two Nice People, 3 stars. Feuding neighbors.
39. Mrs. Melville Makes a Purchase, 3 stars. Miserable cow tries to make life difficult for salespeople.
40. Journey with a Lady, 3 stars. Train ride gets interesting.
41. The Most Wonderful Thing, 4 stars. Bonding over unwanted circumstances.
42. The Friends, 3 stars. Jealous woman makes a discovery.

31. My Uncle in the Garden, 2 stars. Visiting two older gents.
32. On the House, 4 stars. Doing a small favor for newlyweds.
33. Little Old Lady in Great Need, 1 star. Snobby lady bullies a butcher.
34. When Things Get Dark, 2 stars. Worried woman receives letter.
35. Whistler's Grandmother, 4 stars. Grandmother isn't as she appears.
36. Family Magician, 3 stars. Fairy godmother strikes again.

25. Deck the Halls, 3 stars. The perfect Christmas turns sad.
26. Lord of the Castle, 2 stars. Son swears revenge for father's death.
27. What a Thought, 3 stars. Loving wife gets an idea.
28. When Barry Was Seven, 1 star. Little boy, large book.
29. Before Autumn, 2 stars. Unhappy artist sees her chance.
30. The Story We Used to Tell, 3 stars. Widow goes missing in fancy house.

19. Devil of a Tale, 1 star. Tricking the devil, take 2.
20. The Mouse, 4 stars. Married couple with a rodent problem.
21. My Grandmother and the World of Cats, 3 stars. Naughty kitties.
22. Maybe It Was the Car, 1 star. Housewife in a bad mood.
23. Lovers Meeting, 1 star. Woman is followed.
24. My Recollections of S. B. Fairchild, 2 stars. Department store nightmare.

12. The Sister, 2 stars. Parents disapprove of daughter's marriage.
13. Arch-Criminal, 2 stars. Little boy in the wrong crowd.
14. Mrs. Anderson, 3 stars. Interrupted daily routine.
15. Come to the Fair, 3 stars. Socially awkward lady helps out.
16. Portrait, 1 star. Song/poem.
17. Gnarly the King of the Jungle, 2 stars. Nasty child's pettiness.
18. The Good Wife, 4 stars. Husband suspects wife of infidelity.

07. Dinner for a Gentleman, 3 stars. Fairy godmother cooks like a champ.
08. Party of Boys, 4 stars. Unexpectedly sharing a birthday party.
09. Jack the Ripper, 3 stars. Drunken girl is returned home.
10. Version I: The Honeymoon of Mrs. Smith, 4 stars. Willfully ignorant bride fuels local gossip.
11. Version II: The Mystery of the Murdered Bride, 3 stars. New wife (eagerly?) accepts her fate.

01. The Smoking Room, 3 stars. Contract with the devil.
02. I Don't Kiss Strangers, 3 stars. Young couple have serious talk at party.
03. Summer Afternoon, 3 stars. Two little girls want to play with a neighbor.
04. Indians Live in Tents, 5 stars. Apartment musical chairs.
05. The Very Hot Sun in Bermuda, 4 stars. Careless girl casually hurts people.
06. Nightmare, 4 stars. Secretary caught up in creepy contest.

01. Mademoiselle de Scudery, 3 stars. Murderous jewel thief, young love, idiot king.
02. The Sandman, 4 stars. Unhinged guy cheats on fiancé, is a massive douche.
03. The Artushof, 2 stars. Bean counter decides to be an artist, falls in love with a painting.
04. Councillor Krespel, 2 stars. Eccentric guy won't allow beautiful singer to perform.

Word: "Harris and his grandson Lewis were methodically drubbing Turk and Argyle’s companion for the day, a preppy grad student named Hank."

drubbing
1. A severe beating; a bace.
2. A thorough defeat.

Wiki: "The area was illuminated by a bonfire near a dolmen of great, great antiquity."

12. The Widow’s Breakfast, 3 stars. Hobo meets a kind woman.
13. Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead, 4 stars. The one that got away is a zombie.
14. My Father’s Mask, 3 stars. Freaky masks at the family cabin.
15. Voluntary Committal, 4 stars. Little brother builds complex forts.

06. Better Than Home, 2 stars. Weird kid and his dad.
07. The Black Phone, 3 stars. Fat guy abducts a kid.
08. In the Rundown, 3 stars. Jerk has a messed up day.
09. The Cape, 4 stars. Boy wears cape, loses cape, rediscovers cape.
10. Last Breath, 4 stars. An odd little museum.
11. Dead-Wood, 3 stars. Tree ghosts.

01. Best New Horror, 4 stars. Editor tracks down short story author.
02. 20th Century Ghost, 4 stars. Haunted movie theater is struggling.
03. Pop Art, 5 stars. Inflatable best friend.
04. You Will Hear the Locust Sing, 3 stars. Teen turns into a murderous locust.
05. Abraham’s Boys, 3 stars. Van Helsing is an abusive father.

06. The Winnowing, 5 stars. Famine turns greedy people into monsters.
07. The Bicentennial Man, 5 stars. Robot wants to be human.
08. Marching In, 3 stars. Music to cure mental illness.
09. Old-fashioned, 3 stars. Encountering a tiny black hole.
10. The Tercentenary Incident, 4 stars. An attempted assassination.
11. Birth of a Notion, 3 stars. Time travel makes your brain gommy.

01. Feminine Intuition, 5 stars. Intuitive ladybot with a sexy voice/men are trash.
02. Waterclap, 3 stars. Moon man visits ocean settlement with ulterior motives.
03. That Thou art Mindful of Him, 4 stars. Robot saves the company, humanity gets an upgrade.
04. Stranger in Paradise, 4 stars. Brothers collaborate on a tricky project.
05. The Life and Times of Multivac, 4 stars. Man betrays friend to aid computer.

Wiki/YouTube: "...drew forth a girl who had already wound a cherry-coloured "fascinator" about her head, and, leading her up to the end of the floor, whirled her down its length to the bounding tune of a Virginia reel."

Magnets, how do they work?

06. The Snow Child, 3 stars. Dream girl doesn't last long.
07. The Lady of the House of Love, 3 stars. Listless countess waits for her meal to turn up.
08. The Werewolf, 4 stars. Little red riding hood meets the wolf prematurely.
09. The Company of Wolves, 4 stars. Big bad wolf gets his reward.
10. Wolf-Alice, 3 stars. Feral girl lives with a graverobber.

01. The Bloody Chamber, 4 stars. Wife #4 can't resist a locked door.
02. The Courtship of Mr Lyon, 3 stars. Spoiled Beauty neglects her Beast.
03. The Tiger's Bride, 4 stars. Pervy Beast wins Beauty in a card game.
04. Puss-in-Boots, 3 stars. Kitty unites two lovers.
05. The Erl-King, 3 stars. Some sort of woodsy dude cages pretty creatures.

11. Mono No Aware, 4 stars. Japanese man on an American evacuation ship.
12. All the Flavors, 4 stars. Chinese goldminers settle in Idaho.
13. A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel, 5 stars. The cost of progress.
14. The Litigation Master and the Monkey King, 3 stars. [2014]
15. The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary, 5 stars. Single use time travel relives war atrocities.

06. Simulacrum, 5 stars. Inventor of interactive home movies.
07. The Regular, 4 stars. [2015]
08. The Paper Menagerie, 4 stars. [2014]
09. An Advanced Readers' Picture Book of Comparative Cognition, 3 stars. Alien races memory systems.
10. The Waves, 3 stars. Human race adapting/evolving/reproducing?