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    Five More Dark Enchantments
    Five More Dark Enchantments
    Five More Dark Enchantments
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    Five More Dark Enchantments

    By Daniel R. Robichaud

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    Dark Enchantments are brief brushes with the otherworldly, where an encounter with the bizarre, the mystical, or the surreal leave the world we know turned slightly askew. Daniel R. Robichaud has made several forays into this mode of storytelling, and the Dark Enchantments series presents several of his best (and shortest) stories for fans and new readers alike.

    In this volume:
    "Bootleg Images" follows a suppressed film dealer and her customer, as they try to stay one step ahead of the totalitarian law.

    "Dust on Crust" explores the future of sports, when a champion skier finds herself caught in an impressive and lethal wipeout.

    When a man finds himself in a strange world where headless horses run laps and vampires farm blood, he soon learns what is the most important victim "Of All the Things I've Lost ..."

    A mathematician find his life has gone "Pear Shaped" when the order he craves vanishes after a night's debauchery.

    The most unusual relationship revenge story is told when a couple meet at a bookstore and one of them finds themselves on the "TBR" stack.

    Daniel's prose is emotionally honest and compelling, his images are striking, and though the tales he tells are sometimes shocking, they contain equal measures of humor and humanity. Prepare to be bewitched by these dark entertainments ...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTwice Told Tales II
    Release dateDec 9, 2013
    ISBN9781311488480
    Five More Dark Enchantments
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    Daniel R. Robichaud

    Daniel R. Robichaud has lived in southeastern Michigan, central Massachusetts and southern Texas. He is a Rhysling Award nominated poet and the author of over one hundred stories, articles and poems, which have appeared in such markets as Shroud Magazine, Rogue Worlds, Goblin Fruit, Rage of the Behemoth, Green Prints, and WritersWeekly. Daniel holds degrees in both Physics and English, and his career path has reflected these passions. In addition to his numerous writing opportunities, he has been an Igor For Hire (aka a freelance research engineer), a substitute teacher, an automation engineer, and a neurophysiology lab manager. Daniel enjoys entertaining people with his words and stories. If you enjoy a good read, why not try one of his works? You might just love them.

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      Five More Dark Enchantments - Daniel R. Robichaud

      Five More Dark Enchantments

      Stories

      By: Daniel R. Robichaud

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.

      Of All the Things I've Lost … first appeared, in slightly different form, in Forgotten Worlds, 2: May/June 2006.

      Bootleg Images first appeared in Cinema Spec, ed. by Karen Romanko. Raven Electrick (2009)

      Pear Shaped first appeared in " I Am This Meat, ed. by Adicus Ryan Garton, James Maddox, and Rev. Brian Worley. Sussurus Press (2007)

      Dust on Crust first appeared in Golden Visions Magazine. Issue 1. January 2008

      Fiction © 2013 by Daniel R. Robichaud

      Cover Design © 2015 by Twice Told Tales

      Cover Art © Sandra Cunningham

      Smashwords Edition

      Published by Twice Told Tales

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author's rights. Purchase only authorized editions.

      Dedication

      This collection is dedicated

      with deepest love and deeper appreciation to:

      Adam Nakama & Haz Harrower-Nakama

      My found-brother and found-sister.

      You live too far away

      but I look forward to seeing you again.

      Hopefully soon.

      Table of Contents

      Of All the Things I've Lost . .

      Bootleg Images

      Pear Shaped

      Dust on Crust

      TBR

      Of All the Things I've Lost ...

      Upon seeing the strange landscape, Reynold felt a sensation of lightness in his chest. I remember this place.

      A farm on the wide-open plains. A river flowed amongst fields of wheat and corn. Under gray skies filled

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