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The Garden of Abracadabra by Lisa Mason, Serial 82 #Lisa Mason #SFWApro
62 I hear the hiss of an arrow and the clang of an arrow tip striking Kovac’s Cheetah leg. Another hiss and the terrible thunk of an arrow plunging deep in the back of his thigh above the prosthetic....
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The Garden of Abracadabra by Lisa Mason, Serial 83 #Lisa Mason #SFWApro
63 “Jack, there’s a clearing ahead. A big one. Weeds. And a darkness. Some other kind of darkness.” “The clearing? The second mirror?” “I don’t think so.” “Rat-servants?” “I don’t see any, but that...
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The Garden of Abracadabra by Lisa Mason, Serial 84 #Lisa Mason #SFWApro
64 We plunge into the woods, forging a path through the underbrush, heading away from the wail of the hunting horns and the hunting party. It’s slow going, each step an eternity of pain and fear. A...
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The Garden of Abracadabra by Lisa Mason, Serial 85 #Lisa Mason #SFWApro
65 We plunge through the stinking darkness and out the other side in the blink of an eye, stumbling into the perfumed golden ballroom whirling with frenzied dancers. Hallelujah! Don’t get me wrong, I...
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Love #UrbanFantasy? Try The Garden of Abracadabra, Volume 1 of the...
While we’re on the subject of All Things Fantasy, check this out. At her mother’s urgent deathbed plea, Abby Teller enrolls at the Berkeley College of Magical Arts and Crafts to learn Real Magic. To...
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The Garden of Abracadabra by Lisa Mason “Fun and Enjoyable Urban Fantasy”...
At her mother’s urgent deathbed plea, Abby Teller enrolls at the Berkeley College of Magical Arts and Crafts to learn Real Magic. To support herself through school, she signs on as the superintendent...
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Is there really such a thing as “Abracadabra” and what does it mean? Lisa...
Yes, there is. “Abracadabra” is a real magical spell formulated by Cabbalist magicians two thousand years ago. Originally invoked to cure mortal diseases, the spell has since been employed as the...
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Tell Us About Your New Urban Fantasy, The Garden of Abracadabra. Lisa Mason...
Sure. For starters, here’s the book description. At her mother’s urgent deathbed plea, Abby Teller enrolls at the Berkeley College of Magical Arts and Crafts to learn Real Magic. This is a college, not...
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Is The Garden of Abracadabra Urban Fantasy? What is Urban Fantasy? Lisa Mason...
Yes, indeed! The book, the first of a trilogy, possibly a series, is squarely within the subgenre of Urban Fantasy. I love this subgenre, which falls within Fantasy and first became recognized about...
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Did anything in particular inspire you to write The Garden of Abracadabra?...
Yes! Like every author on the verge of a special, big new project, I well remember that transcendent moment of first inspiration for The Garden of Abracadabra. Often inspiration springs from something...
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So you had a magical apartment building and a super. What happened then for...
I had a high-concept setting and a heroine, but I didn’t think that was enough. I didn’t want a fantasy knock-off of an old TV situation comedy, “One Day at a Time,” with witches. I wanted more plot,...
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Is Abby Teller’s life in danger in The Garden of Abracadabra? And what is...
Abby Teller must learn Real Magic to defend herself against the Horde, gangster-sorcerers who murdered her father when she was a child of eight. It turns out that she’ll use techniques of Real Magic to...
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You have a lot of detail about the apartment building in The Garden of...
Yes, partially, and also on an historic apartment complex in Hollywood in the 1940s. What on earth was that? It went by what was considered a whimsical name, The Garden of A—. It was a Mediterranean...
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Is the Hollywood apartment building still around? The Garden of Abracadabra...
No, urban development in Los Angeles moved on after the war years. The Garden of A—a fell into disrepair and was leveled in the 1960s. A strip mall and parking lot were built over the grave of the...
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Escape to The Garden of Abracadabra For Halloween! “Enjoyable Urban Fantasy”...
At her mother’s urgent deathbed plea, Abby Teller enrolls at the Berkeley College of Magical Arts and Crafts to learn Real Magic. To support herself through school, she signs on as the superintendent...
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The Garden of Abracadabra! “Enjoyable Urban Fantasy” All E-readers Worldwide...
At her mother’s urgent deathbed plea, Abby Teller enrolls at the Berkeley College of Magical Arts and Crafts to learn Real Magic. To support herself through school, she signs on as the superintendent...
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The Garden of Abracadabra! “Enjoyable Urban Fantasy” An Ebook Worldwide Soon...
At her mother’s urgent deathbed plea, Abby Teller enrolls at the Berkeley College of Magical Arts and Crafts to learn Real Magic. To support herself through school, she signs on as the superintendent...
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Excerpt from The Garden of Abracadabra! “Enjoyable Urban Fantasy” An Ebook...
The Garden of Abracadabra By Lisa Mason 1 I shouldn’t but I do it, anyway. That’s me, Abby Teller, a magician with a mind of her own. I used to worry about doing the right thing. Now I wonder what the...
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The Bast Bookstore is Live! Happy Holidays! Published Print Books and Ebooks...
Happy Holidays from Bast Books! We are offering five books by New York Times Notable Book Author Lisa Mason newly reissued as beautiful trade paperbacks for the holiday gift-giving season. At least...
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Lisa Mason Chats with Ryan Schneider About The Garden of Abracadabra Fantasy...
Here is Ryan’s link, which will take you to his excellent website: http://authorryanschneider.blogspot.co.il/2015/11/author-spotlight-philip-k-dick-award.html RS: Is there really such a thing as...
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