Frankenstein, published in 1818, tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Frankenstein is so horrified by his creation that he abandons the Creature, leaving it to fend for itself. Join the book club!

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The assertion, laughingly flung out six months earlier in a bright June garden, came back to Mary Boyne with a sharp perception of its latent significance as she stood, in the December dusk, waiting for the lamps to be brought into the library.

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When the crisp autumn air settles in and jack-o’-lanterns begin to flicker on porches across the land, the familiar specters of Halloween fiction emerge once more. Vampires with their seductive allure and werewolves with their primal fury have long dominated the landscape of spooky storytelling

The poem’s unnamed narrator is alone at night feeling sad and weak as he pores over old books. As he is about to fall asleep, he hears a tapping at his chamber door. He opens the door to darkness and whispers the name “Lenore,” whom the reader presumes to be his departed lover. The tapping continues, now at his window, but it turns out to only be a raven who flies into the room and perches above the narrator’s door..

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She’s a protector. She’s a warrior. She’s U.S. Marshal Alexandra “Alex” Tanner, and if you harm the innocent, she will find you. When Alex finally gets a shot at her dream job in Witness Protection (WITSEC), her first assignment is to protect an innocent family of four. This new position comes with some unexpected challenges.