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    Jack O' Lantern
    Jack O' Lantern
    Jack O' Lantern
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    Jack O' Lantern

    By Leonie Overbeek

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    On Halloween the ghosts and witches and demons roam, so it is said. On many porches and on windowsills the watch is kept by Jack, he of the pumpkin face and candle eyes, but against what? What dark places did he leave to dwell with us, and why? And what is out there, waiting for us in the dark? What does it want with us?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLeonie Overbeek
    Release dateOct 25, 2012
    ISBN9781301573271
    Jack O' Lantern
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    Leonie Overbeek

    I was born in South Africa some fifty plus years ago, and lived there most of my life. I spent many years working in the mining industry, and lately have taken to teaching English in South Korea. I am a widow of almost twenty years standing, and have two children, both well over twenty one. I love rock and roll, hip hop, dance, reading, singing and life.

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