It takes the average reader 4 hours and 18 minutes to read Charmed and Strange and Other Stories by Maggie Secara
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
These are stories that stop the heart. Enter the mythic worlds, both charmed and strange, of award-winning author Maggie Secara. This hand-picked collection brings together Secara's lyrical fantasy, twisted science fiction, and tiny, chilling snippets of horror. Some previously published, others entirely new, all are certain to delight. Here are lascivious ghosts and hungry planets. Cockney brats and fairy queens. Marvelous mysteries, tiny terrors, and enchantments to entice the soul. ...Eternally separated, eternally sparring: a pan-dimensional couple just wants a little domestic bliss. ...For some people even a trip to the corner market can be a roller coaster ride through the star-spangled hills of Hollywood in search of ... And what exactly has happened to James? ...Many consequences fell from Jack's youthful adventure with the Giant. Twenty years later and there's still a score to settle. ...Poor Pinch! Every day she goes to the crystal doors of Faery, begging to be admitted. "I can't bear it any longer. Can't I come home?" Thank goodness the King's Raven of Faery is paying attention! ..."I swear I never saw a goddess go," as the poet says. How many days has Deah sauntered through the farmers market scattering fragrant benediction? ...More miserable than any adolescent has ever been, ever, Beatriz didn't want to emigrate to the planet Indigo at all. Now something is changing her mind. A double dozen magical tales of wonder and madness in story and verse, this is a collection to enchant, terrify, and delight.
Charmed and Strange and Other Stories by Maggie Secara is 254 pages long, and a total of 64,516 words.
This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 52 minutes to read Charmed and Strange and Other Stories aloud.
Charmed and Strange and Other Stories is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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