Blogs in October 2024

Our Last Wild Days 20th October 2024

‘There is nothing like it. The way the world gets real quiet when a gator’s nearby. The way no toad or bird or blade of grass in the landscape dares to move. And then the water, suddenly boiling as...

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My Other Heart 20th October 2024

May 1998: Mimi Traung and her baby daughter Ngan wait restlessly at the gates of Philadelphia airport. There is still a day’s travelling left before they would land back home on Vietnamese soil. While they prepare to board, the...

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Dark Frontier 14th October 2024

A man can flee from everything but his own nature. 1890. Lieutenant Gabriel Stokes of the British Army left behind the horrors of war for a role in the Metropolitan Police. Though he rose quickly through the ranks, the...

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The Teller of Small Fortunes 10th October 2024

SMALL FORTUNES. BIG FEELINGS. Fleeing a troubled past, immigrant fortune teller Tao roams the dusty countryside with only her mule for company, telling small fortunes, for small prices. Big fortunes come with big consequences . . . which she...

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To Die For 10th October 2024

Some secrets are too dangerous to keep . . . TWO SUSPICIOUS DEATHS When Dwayne and Alice Odom are killed, the police report states clearly that it was a drug overdose. So why is their daughter, who was there...

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