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055 The Inspired Poet by Fritz Bauer. Think good thoughts, think good thoughts! How far will that get you? Let’s find out what happened to the inspired poet.

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054 The Coffee Pot by Theophile Gautier is a strangely moving ghost story written by an author that has been very influential. The guest is invited to sleep in the bedroom of the host’s dead sister who had passed away two years previous. Something magickal began to happen during the long hours of the night which reminds me strangely of some of the animation sequences from Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”.

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053 The Case of Lieutenant Infanger by Karl Hans Strobl. Lieutenat Infanger and a former associate, Baron Latzmann, are mysteriously abducted. Could this be related to a time several years ago when they had participated in the desecration and destruction of a sacred Buddhist temple? And once they escaped, what was this terrible compulsion to turn back? What kind of force or magic were they dealing with?

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In this stunning conclusion to the massive Eleagabal Kuperus story we learn more about the fates of Adalbert Semilasso, Regina his love, Nella, his sister, Elisabeth Bezug, daughter of Thomas Bezug and of course Thomas Bezug himself. Does Eleagabal Kuperus really hold the secret of life and death?

In this conclusion we meet even more interesting people and share triumphs and tragedies in an action paced finale that is almost impossible to put down! An emotionally gripping conclusion!

This classic story is translated into the English language for the first time by Joe E. Bandel.

This is available as a hardcover, paperback or Epub.

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In this book we meet several unforgettable characters. Adalbert Semilasso , a young poet, makes a devil’s pact with the great Industrialist Thomas Bezug who has a hobby of collecting people. Unknown to Adalbert, Bezug has also captured his sister Nella as his unwilling mistress. Adalbert falls in love with the Tower Keeper’s daughter Regina, but Bezug’s twisted daughter Elizabeth has her hooks in Adalbert and won’t let him go. In the meantime Thomas Bezug has a plan to take control of the entire world and only the elusive magician Eleagabal Kuperus can stop him and save Adalbert from ruin. This book is translated into the English language for the first time by Joe E. Bandel.

It is available as a hardcover, paperback, and Epub.

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Doctor Robert Wendlow is called upon to help the Baron von Schwarzenfeld and his beautiful Frau Wera. Wera is suffering from a mysterious ailment that is robbing her of her health and vitality. She is having dark dangerous dreams that seem to involve the life of her grandmother and the mysterious Professor Choriander – who is much more than he seems. This fast paced occult thriller really shows off the writing skills of the forgotten German author Georg von der Gabelentz. Now translated for the first time into the English language by Joe E. Bandel.

Available as hardcover, paperback and Epub versions.

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052 The Eleven Thousand Virgins and the Four Holy Three Kings. The main character in this story attempts to educate an American woman on her visit to Cologne for the first time. But she is very strong willed and will only go to certain places. . . also the true secret to making Eau d’ Cologne!

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