Flights of Fancy
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A collection of stories to thrill, entertain, and enlighten . Thought provoking tales of fantasy, mystery, murder, love, sci-fi, and war. Within the mind and around the globe and universe, journey with the heroes and fools, the victims and the villains as they search for love, redemption, and meaning in a sometimes cruel, but always fascinating world.
Travel to the four corners of the earth, from Martinique to Southeast Asia, from New York City to Northern Ireland and beyond. Meet the murderers and martyrs, the ordinary souls and the mythical beasts. Share their triumphs and failures, their revelations and their delusions as they struggle to make sense of their lives, and in doing so, perhaps shed a little light on our own.
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