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	Satan's Sweethearts by Marge Simon (Goodreads Author), Mary Turzillo (Goodreads Author) 3.19 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	THE DEMETER DIARIES by Marge Simon (Goodreads Author), Bryan D. Dietrich 4.15 avg rating — 13 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
	War by Marge Simon (Goodreads Author), Alessandro Manzetti (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2018	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
	Vampires, Zombies, & Wanton Souls 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012	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
	Dangerous Dreams by Marge Simon (Goodreads Author), Sandy DeLuca (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 7 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 Mad Hattery by Marge Simon (Goodreads Author), Sandy DeLuca (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	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 Dragon's Dictionary by Marge Simon (Goodreads Author), Mary Turzillo (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Unearthly Delights 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	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
	Naughty Ladies by Marge Simon (Goodreads Author), Sandy DeLuca (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Small Spirits 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2016 — 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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The Coming

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Tragedy at the Unicorn

by John Rhode

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Norstrilia (with the prequel, The Ballad of Lost C'Mell)

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“Bernie Saunders is like a fly buzzing around a bowl of rotten fruit. Long hail this fly!”
― Marge Simon

tags: political, political-commentary

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“Her face collapsed like a bad poem”
― Marge Simon

tags: humor, wit

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“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.”
― William Faulkner

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“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein

tags: anything-can-be, hope, impossible, inspirational, musn-t, possibilities, shouldn-t, won-t

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“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: corruption, dark-side, fighting, monsters, soul

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“Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

tags: cynicism, definition, honesty

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

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message 5: by Marge

Nov 18, 2016 04:33PM

David! I respect you totally. I would never think you're rude! :)

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message 4: by David

Nov 18, 2016 03:56PM

Marge, I only just spotted a comment from you on my GoodReads profile, but I couldn't seen any options for replying to it! Apologies. You must have thought me amazingly rude, but I literally just saw it.

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message 3: by Marge

Oct 15, 2013 07:42AM

Marge wrote: "Sure thing. Looking forward to reading your comments, etc. :)"

I accidentally deleted someone's comment. (blush)

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message 2: by Leigh

Oct 14, 2013 05:48PM