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    Dreams of a Pasha
    Dreams of a Pasha
    Dreams of a Pasha
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    Dreams of a Pasha

    By Stanley Bruce Carter

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    A tapestry of entangled tales from exotic neverlands, wandering capriciously through your mind, borne on poems flung from the tongues of the Djinn, translated by an Exalted Master of the Holy Order of Thulchulu.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStanley Bruce Carter
    Release dateAug 21, 2016
    ISBN9781370515387
    Dreams of a Pasha
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    Stanley Bruce Carter

    Stan Carter lives in Bellevue, Nebraska. He has been in the newspaper business for nearly 30 years, serving as a reporter, copy editor, columnist, typesetter and paginator at various publications. He is the author of five novels published by Gypsy Shadow: "Petchy Maligula," "The Depraved Dances of Taram Zhod," "The Caskian Scandal," "The Extortions of Stiffani Voydalle" and "Kill My Husband."

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