December 09, 2009

FreeBookExcerpts.com For December 9th
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SONGS OF THE ARCHAEOPTERYX by Keoki Gray
"The planet, which hung above the canopy at that moment as if it were some fantastic, chapel-ceiling mural, had been given a new/old perspective. The world was suddenly a place filled with happiness, challenge and adventure. My mind began replaying events from my flying history..."

APARTMENT 14F: An Oriental Ghost Story by Christian Saunders
"Jerry tentatively offered his hand, and the old woman immediately grasped it in hers. She held it palm-up and lightly stroked her fingers across it as if casting a spell, her milk-white eyes looking sightlessly around the room. Then she did a most unexpected thing. She raised Jerry's palm to her mouth, and licked at it hungrily, greedily..."

THEY CALL ME HOTTENTOT VENUS by Monica Clarke
"I stood for six hours a day and people came to stare at me, passing remarks all the time, which they thought I could not understand. Sometimes Hendrick would allow me to play my little guitar. I loved feeling the dried pumpkin skin against my hands, which were now going soft because I was not doing proper woman's work..."

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