The Charismatics
Copyright © by Ashley R. Carlson
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Print Version: ISBN-13: 978-1503131132 ISBN-10: 1503131130
Cover design by M.S. Corley
Edited by Midnight Publishing, LLC
Interior layout and design by Crenel Publishing
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For my family,
And for those who hear the small voice
and heed it.
Contents
1. The Small Voice
2. Unnecessary Roughness
3. Fireworks
4. Charismata
5. Winter Solstice
6. Insurgo Insurgi Insurrectum
7. Scapegoat
8. Sick Compulsions
9. A Stolen Kiss
10. Zeppelin
11. Veritas Datis
12. Badenheim
13. Unexpected Games
14. Secrets Unearthed
15. Calm Before The Storm
16. The Thin Places
17. Confessions
18. The Forsaken
19. I Am Dead
20. Revelations
Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.
-Anne Frank
Chapter One
A Small Voice
I realized early upon moving here that my marriage was a failure. A miserable, massive failure. And like a lot of things in my life, I had no idea how to fix it.
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The Charismatics
FantasyWinner of Self-Publishing Review's Grand Prize and First Prize in Fiction 2015 Awards B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree for Excellence in Indie Publishing Ashley R. Carlson's award-winning fantasy debut will satisfy the appetites of those who enjoyed the...