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	The Secret Magpie: The Legacy of the Magpie 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2022 — 4 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
	Impossible Fruit: A Collection of Speculative Stories 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2021 — 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 Lethbridge-Stewart Short Story Collection 2 by Alan Darlington, Ryan Fogarty, Mike Warrick 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2019	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
	Forever Avon An Unofficial Short Story Anthology by Oliver Dallas (Editor), Annie Worrall (Editor), Jackie Emery (Editor) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2020	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
	UNIT: Operation Fall-Out & Other Stories by Gary J. Mack (Goodreads Author), James Hornby (Goodreads Author), Jamie Hailstone (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2023 — 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 Magpie's Call: A Price and Morton Prequel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2019	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
	Blakes 7: Scorpio Tales - A Blake's 7 Short Story Anthology by Grahame Robertson (Editor), Carol Ramsay (Editor), Tim Gambrell (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2021	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 Ghostly Menagerie: A Magpie Universe Novel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2023 — 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

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I really struggled with this book. The prose was archaic and clunky, the story dull. Books setting up a long story arc need to hook me, and this didn’t. It’s rare that I don’t finish a book, but I am sorry to say I’ve put it down for now. Maybe one d ...more
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