Jo Carson
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"Human experience is varied and astonishing," notes Jo Carson, "and this is a taste." A uniquely American writer and performer, Carson has spent fifteen years working with peoples' stories in communities across the country, crafting more than thirty plays from the oral histories she has collected. In performance, these works have illuminated and invigorated the communities in which they were forged, as the people see themselves onstage in a new light....
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"I've spent about 15 years plus some working with people's stories in a series of communities in this country. I write plays from oral histories for those communities. Just finished my 30th. I'm watching people's lives and communities literally change, sometimes drastically, for the work. Spider Speculations is the beginning of trying to understand the hows and whys of all the changes."-Author Jo Carson. Jo Carson lays bare her personal investigation...
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~ a tasteful tale of murder
When the Swedish, vampire, librarian, Professor Goreson is savagely murdered, the future of Fangsters, my academy for delinquent teenagers with fangs, is threatened. Now I have to catch the killer and restore peace to our school quickly, or my blackmailing boss will expose my secret.
The biggest complication to me getting anything done is Onyx, a vampire who oversees security and acts as my second-in-command. He wants...
5) Dial Witch
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Trouble brews when a psychic enchantress shares her magic.
When the sorceress Jane Black offers spells, potions, and tarot card readings to the regular folk in her small town, she finds herself in a cauldron of hot water. Despite her good intentions, spells spiral out of control, potions backfire, and people turn against her. As Jane's problems multiply, a drool-worthy dragon enforcer, arrives on her doorstep and gives her an ultimatum. While the...
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If you're looking for an updated Miss Marple with a Canadian flair, you'll enjoy this novella. Lots of Canadiana to go with the Vancouver Island location and recipes. Good pacing and light read. (Cass on BookSirens)Retired nurse Anna Maple enrols in a Christmas baking workshop to revive her culinary skills, but when she finds Nanaimo's most meddlesome neighbor, Sally Evans dead, the cozy holiday setting unravels into something far more sinister....
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Cheating Death: The Gambling Ghosts Anthology. A saucy mix of fantasy adventure and romance. There is a teahouse in a small Pacific Northwest town where unusual things happen. A spicy collection of spirits, an eccentric tea-leaf reader and breathing humans fill the pages of this anthology with humor, love and a wee bit of terror.
Each novella is a stand-alone story. A Highland Ghost for Christmas, Librarian Maddy Jacobson's best friend gives her...
8) Dial Sorcery
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Dial SorceryTrouble brews when a powerful enchantress fights a curse.When Grigoire the gargoyle asks the enchantress Jane Black to break a curse, her successful storefront for all-things witchy runs into trouble. Using arcane scripts, Jane casts intricate spells to shatter the web of dark magic entrapping Grig, but as they work through the process together, Jane's sorcery creates unexpected consequences in town.While the local wizards, shifters, and...
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Three Reasons Not to Kiss a WarlockWill the power of three set me free?Powerful magic drew me to a cozy, Pacific Northwest town called Mystic Keep, a sanctuary for badass witches like me. It's the sort of place where things go bump in the night-every night-and anything can happen. But that's not what scared me.My name is Merlina Black and I'm a middle-aged enchantress whose flown around the block a few times. But when I met the warlock, Donovan O'Reilly,...
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When evil rises, one witch must save the world. Cassie Black is a sorceress struggling with her growing powers and chaotic love life. As the guardian of a portal, she must stop a dark force spreading its influence in her small Pacific Northwest town.
Cassie's friend Larry is shot twice in an alley. Clenched in his hand is a note, which reads, "BEWARE BLACK WITCH." The note could mean many things, and none of them are good. As Cassie unravels the mystery...
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A story about forbidden love Oscar Andersson is a cursed barista who cannot find love, and Annabelle Gibson is the witch who intends to fix him.In Mystic Keep, a small Pacific Northwest town where everything goes bump in the night, there is an enchanted coffee house called The Perfect Brew. Oscar and Annabelle lace every cup of coffee with magic to heal the hearts of their customers and help them make their dreams come true. But the barista's lives...
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Agatha Christie meets The House of UsherWhen code-breaker Madison Rathborne gets an all-expense paid trip to a remote island in the Pacific Northwest the week before Christmas, she expects a peaceful getaway from the fake Santas in the city and the drama of her family's turkey feast, but Deadman's Island offers no such sanctuary. Trapped in a maze of secrets, scandals and murder, with a side of ghost, Maddy struggles to make sense of it all. Macabre...
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When the cards are stacked against you, run.Who would be crazy enough to send death cards to people in Sunset Cove, a small, Pacific Northwest town famous for things that goes bump in the night? Single mom, Abby Jenkins is hired to find the culprit, and while she is a witch and private detective, she hasn't a clue about who would deal such a gruesome hand. Unease settles into the town as tarot cards arrive on doorsteps. No one knows who stacked this...
14) The Perfect Brew
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When a witch inherits trouble …When evil rises one clumsy witch must save the world. Cassie Black is a sorceress who can't even boil water. She inherits a sentient coffee-house, complete with an inter-dimensional portal and a side of ancient curse from her great-aunt Ophelia. When Cassie attends her funeral, she discovers her aunt's death is suspicious. Cassie hunts for the murderer. There are many unusual suspects, and some tempting hurdles. A...
