Lavinia M Hughes
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Enter Through the Crawlspace is a compilation of 20 short stories about neglected houses that talk, time travel that turned out to be not as much fun as the time traveler imagined, how a village dealt with a post-apocalyptic invasion, an alien up for a promotion, a shopping trip to another planet, a cursed cell phone, an entrance into a time warp, a rogue robot, a magical camera, a werewolf's experience in the human world, a cautionary tale about...
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Enter Through the Bulkhead cautiously invites you to leave your every day cares and woes behind and enter this paranormal world of 16 short stories about Massachusetts monsters, time travel, vampires, horror in a Cape Cod village, werewolves, Bigfoot, aliens, ghosts, naughty cars, a lake monster, and even a Nevada ghost town, among other oddities.
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If you liked Enter Through the Crawlspace and Enter Through the Bulkhead, you'll love this new collection of short stories, some of which bring back some of your favorite characters. See what's happening with the vampire, werewolf, alien (who now has a boyfriend), devil, angels, vengeful ghosts (aren't they usually?), and a talking house that provides a short history of Falmouth, Massachusetts. The author has added a persuasive gargoyle, a magical...
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Since schools have eliminated home economics courses, young Americans have been left to their own devices. Despite today's iGen self-absorbed behaviors and their parents' over-approvals, when it comes to preparing young adults for their future culinary lives, they are prepared only for the economically unsustainable UberEats or DoorDash pricey take-out. An iGen Cookbook for the Unskilled – A Delicious Crash Course provides a condensed introduction...
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Catch up on what's happening with a few recurring characters in the author's latest collection of paranormal short stories, Enter Through the Porthole. The vampire is a new dad but has encountered a challenge of a non-parenting kind. The alien is still on the corporate ladder to success but takes time to be the good friend that she is with some tough love and the help of a former abductee. The werewolf-to-human loves his new home on Cape Cod but must...
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A small used car dealer tries to make ends meet from his dealership in tiny Truro, Massachusetts, population 2000. Truro is a beautiful beach community of sand dunes and ocean views. Cape Car Blues is the story of how 6-year old Mikey Mayflower acts out with his pranks then eventually worms his way into the hearts of the used car staff, finding love and acceptance as they fill the role of "extra parents" for him. The owner, Sam Oscar Shallow, is always...
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1975: Six-year old Jake lives near the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, a poor kid who wistfully watches the cadets. Will he put his thoughts into action? Written by an alumnus with a revisionist recollection of the Academy's last all-male European training cruise. A fictional remembrance of cadet life, hijinks, experiences, and unexpected adventures. Might the cadets find it necessary to sail the T/S Bay State themselves? Training...
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A new island, 165 miles long, suddenly emerges out of the cold Atlantic ocean, just off the coast of Cape Cod. It's about 1000 feet high. One side is composed of blue-gray rock--both unique and attractive, just the thing tourists might want to chip off as a souvenir of their island trip. But tourism is a long way off as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States federal government meet to discuss who will own this island, test it for...