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A sinister creature with claws and glowing eyes lunges forward in a forest. The text reads 'Aevalorn Tales,' 'The Terror of Amberglen,' and 'A Skyer Dannon Story by Russell Mickler.'

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Book cover of 'Thyme, Tricksters, and Treachery: An Elina Hogsbreath Anthology' by Russell Mickler featuring two animated characters, a woman holding a sword and a surprised man, beneath a looming ghostly blue hand. "Aevalorn Tales" is written above

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Illustrated book cover for "Lyra's Lantern: A Maedrey Puck Story" by Russell Mickler, featuring two fantasy characters. One character holds a lantern, lighting their path through a dark forest. Title "Aevalorn Tales" is at the top.

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Two serious individuals in business attire, one wearing sunglasses, in a futuristic setting with reflective surfaces. Text on the image reads "Signal Lost, Flash Fiction, Russell Mickler." A badge is displayed in the corner.

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Illustrated book cover for "Urlwyn's Ward" by Russell Mickler, featuring two cartoonish characters with large, expressive eyes. One character holds a sword, and the other has a clover on their head. The background is a dimly lit wooden room. Text rea

Illustration of a smiling male air traffic controller with a headset, mustache, and pilot uniform, holding a coffee cup. Behind him are computer screens and a control room setting. The text "Skyward Horizons 424, A Short Story, Russell Mickler" is ov

Book cover featuring a woman with red hair and freckled skin, holding a chalice under a full moon. A hooded figure stands behind her. The title reads "The Widow of Caer Mawnog: An Aevalorn Tales Story" by Russell Mickler. The text "Aevalorn Tales" is

Cover of "As It Was Told," a short story by Russell Mickler. Features a young woman and a goat-headed figure in a misty forest. The woman looks up while the goat-headed figure stands beside her, dressed in a vest and shirt. The forest is dense and at

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Fantasy book cover titled "The Baker of Bogwollow" by Russell Mickler. Features an elf woman with pointed ears, red hair, and a green shawl, standing near a bakery. Part of the "Aevalorn Tales" series.

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Illustration of a young man on a bicycle holding a smartphone and a vape pen in a busy city street. He is wearing earphones and appears surprised or distracted. Nearby are pedestrians, a cyclist, and a police car with flashing lights. Tall buildings

Fantasy book cover titled "The Two Shades of Luck" by Russell Mickler, featuring a character with curly hair, holding a staff surrounded by glowing lights, from the "Aevalor Tales" series.

Illustration of a frightened person holding a cup, titled 'Aevalor Tales: The Keening Cup' by Russell Mickler with a subtitle 'A Elina Hogsbreath Story.'

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Man in a dimly lit church with frescoes, wearing dark clothing and carrying a satchel, title text reads "In the Shadow of the Cross: A Short Story by Russell Mickler."

Cover of "The Weight of Sand" by Russell Mickler featuring an elderly couple walking on a foggy beach, with houses on stilts in the background.

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Book cover of 'Aevalor Tales: The Magnificent Maron Maloney' by Russell Mickler, featuring a character in a top hat with a sword.

Cover of the book 'Midnight Tea: An Elina Hogsbreath Story' by Russell Mickler, featuring an elderly woman with pointed ears and disheveled white hair, holding a teacup in a dimly lit setting. The title is "Aevalorn Tales."

Book cover featuring a musician playing a double bass surrounded by large insects in a dimly lit room. Title: "Midnight at the End Wonder" by Russell Mickler.

Book cover titled "Aevalorn Tales: The Song at Harvest's End" by Russell Mickler. It depicts a worried character holding a knife, with an elf playing a lute in the background near a fireplace.

"The Murkwode Reaving" book cover featuring a knight with glowing eyes holding a spear, wearing a helmet and armor, set against a fiery background. Text includes "Aevalorn Tales" and "A Bartram Humblefoot Story" by Russell Mickler.

Illustration of a majestic wild boar wearing a crown and a purple cloak in a forest setting, titled 'The Pig King: A Maedrey Puck Story' from the Aevalorn Tales by Russell Mickler.

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Illustrated book cover featuring a cheerful character with brown hair, wearing a blue and yellow outfit, hand on chest, other hand raised. Title reads 'The Taunting Tongue: A Joliver Barleywood Story' by Russell Mickler. 'Aevalorn Tales' appears at t

Cover of "Aevalorn Tales: Bargains with Dragons" depicting a startled person in a dimly lit room with stacks of books. The title and author's name, Russell Mickler, are shown prominently.

A book cover for "Relics of an Analog World" by Russell Mickler featuring a USPS mail carrier walking alongside a humanoid robot. They are on a city street lined with trees and buildings. The cover indicates it is a work of flash fiction.

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Book cover for "A Thyme of Trouble" by Russell Mickler, featuring a determined woman with a flower in her hair holding a frying pan, set against a warm glowing backdrop, and labeled "Aevalorn Tales: An Elina Hogsbreath Story."

A book cover showing a surgeon in a green surgical cap and mask standing over a patient. The title "Under the Knife" and the author's name "Russell Mickler" are on the cover, with the genre "Flash Fiction" labeled beneath. Hospital lights are visible

Cover of "A Warlock's Gamble" by Russell Mickler featuring a skeletal figure with glowing eyes and a crown, set against a yellow and orange radiant background. The text includes "Aevalorn Tales" and "A Godwick Emberfoot Story."

Book cover of "The Gifting Tree" by Russell Mickler featuring a fantasy scene with two characters, one holding a lantern, and a dragon in the background. Title reads "Aevalorn Tales: A Godwick Emberfoot Story."

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