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|author=Lightfall Literary Agency (Editor)
|title=The Obsidian Poplar and Other Stories
|rating=4
|genre=Short Stories
|summary=I'll confess that I was a little nervous about ''The Obsidian Poplar and Other Stories''. There's a common misconception that short stories are easy - something run off quickly before the author gets on with doing the proper job of a full-length work, but the truth is rather different. A short story has none of the luxuries of a longer work: plot development has to be done quickly, characters have to come off the page. Every word must earn its keep. A book can be written - a short story must be ''crafted''. But what made me particularly nervous here was that all the authors are students - and the editor was convinced that there are ten of them who are good enough to be included in the book.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B00JH1B94E</amazonuk>
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|author=Andrea Camilleri, Carlo Lucarelli and Giancarlo De Cataldo
|summary=We have all, at one time or another, wished that we had the ability to read minds. Imagine how interesting it would be to peer beyond the external appearance and to understand the various thought processes lurking beneath the surface. Psychiatrist Dennis Friedman gives the reader the opportunity to do just that with his collection of short stories 'Beyond the Facade'
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0720615070</amazonuk>
}}