HNR Issue 43 (February 2008)
Territory
Territory is a western murder mystery with magic at its core. Jesse Fox left his Eastern college to travel West,…
Resistance
Editors' choice
What if… the Germans had bested the Allies in the Normandy Invasion? What if… the Germans had then crossed the…
Hundreds of Years to Reform a Rake
Josie Drummond, professional paranormal researcher (aka ghostbuster), is working in England in modern times when she meets the resident ghost…
The Chrysalis
Attorney Mara Coyne’s firm is hired by art-auction-house Beazley’s to defend the ownership of The Chrysalis, a 17th-century Dutch painting.…
The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis
This is a story about Meriwether Lewis, who embarked in 1804 on his famous expedition with William Clark. He died,…
Sanctuary
The Knights Templar again, with another secret they have guarded across the centuries: the elixir of life, no less. However,…
The Bone Garden
This story begins in present-day Boston, where Julia Hamill is newly divorced. While working in the overgrown garden of her…
People of the Book
Editors' choice
This wonderful gem has convinced me to put Geraldine Brooks’s other novels on my to-be-read list. Set both in the…
The Book Thief
This is a tale narrated by Death, or the Grim Reaper. He (or she or indeed it) tells the story…
An Incomplete Revenge
Wandering gypsies and East Enders from London converge in 1931 for the traditional September hops-picking by migrant workers, in the…
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