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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
On Ghost Stories
We have recourse to magic and belief in the supernatural when what exists isn’t what we want.
-- Michael Dirda
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John Bedell is an archaeologist, historian, and father of five living in Maryland. He has self-published two novels and is writing a third.
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