Author: Christian Candido

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Christmas On Earth

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Looking for inspiration/Poszukiwanie inspiracji

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Planetary Rebellion

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Vertigo

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Hotel Prugatorio

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The Silver Slipper Club

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Zone

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And We Were Left Darkling

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Vertigo

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Black Wolf

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The Sea of Hope

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Caccia Grossa

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Colombano & La 21esima Fetta

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Alta California

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Borderline Justice

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Pirandello’s Wife

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American Money

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By Vivian Tsang

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By Michelle Lynn

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The Green Mill

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Secrets of Montmartre

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Dancing with Spies @Goddess – NOVEL

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The Arcangel Of Death

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Cock Robin

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Lacrime di Vento

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Love Comes Home To Holly

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AMERICA BOXED IN

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Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

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By Marla Eaton

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Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

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Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

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The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

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Secrets of the Forbidden City

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Noise

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The Rorschach Test

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By Roberto Iotta

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Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

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Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

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Il Tuo Riparo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

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A Tragedy of Riches

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The Greenstone Narrated by Orson Welles

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Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

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Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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Floating Eyes

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Case of Choice

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The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

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The Stones of Rome

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The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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Urban Eats MTL

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Zone

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Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

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Out of control

By Bellopropello

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The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

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When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

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The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

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By Russell Emanuel

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The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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Love Comes Home To Holly

By Mysti Cozart Smith

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Agnus Dei

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Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

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Man in a Can

By Henk Pringels

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Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

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Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

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Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

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Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

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Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

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The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

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Water

By Gary Beeber

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An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

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Silver Lights: City of Dreams

By Michelle Lynn

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The Green Mill

By Michelle Lynn

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Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

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By Timothy Brad Reinhold

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By Ken Kimmelman

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The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

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Il tuo riparo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

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By Hugo Teugels

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Cenere

By Roberto Iotta

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American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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By Dean Morgan

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By Jennifer Glee

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Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

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The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

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Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

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The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

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The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

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Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

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By Sean Gregory Tansey

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