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James Dean Rode a Unicorn: A Fantastical Collection of Short Fiction

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Murder at the Wham Bam Club (Psychics and Soul Food Mystery, #1)

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Heartless (Parasol Protectorate, #4)

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Rootbound: A Tangled Novel

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“I kill the living to make way for the dead.
But we had hot chocolate, she and I. We tried to make our friendship last as long as we could.
Then I was forced to let her go. I held her when she returned to the earth.”
― R.A. Parry, James Dean Rode a Unicorn: A Fantastical Collection of Short Fiction

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“My daughter and I left the streets that made you criminals or dolls. We left to find open sky and green land.”
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“If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.”
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“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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