{"id":439,"date":"2013-03-10T14:10:29","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T14:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novelty-fiction.com\/connect\/?p=439"},"modified":"2026-03-15T10:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T10:26:38","slug":"a-touch-of-mystique-novelty-fictions-anthology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novelty-fiction.com\/catalog\/a-touch-of-mystique-novelty-fictions-anthology\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A Touch of Mystique&#8221; &#8211; Novelty Fiction&#8217;s Anthology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"262\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/novelty-fiction.com\/catalog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/screenshot.117.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novelty-fiction.com\/catalog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/screenshot.117.jpg 262w, https:\/\/novelty-fiction.com\/catalog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/screenshot.117-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Each of the six stories in this volume contains elements of mystique.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"a-text-italic\">Dare to Look<\/span><\/em>\u00a0is humor and horror all at once. On a fateful day, one strange event follows another with no end in sight.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"a-text-italic\">Wake Up the Dead Girl<\/span><\/em>\u00a0is an imaginative piece of goth fiction. The events at the mansion are mysterious, its atmosphere old-fashioned and exotic.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"a-text-italic\">Lun\u00e1sa at Dawn<\/span><\/em>\u00a0is a finely crafted romance piece, which stays true to Irish tradition; nature and the lovers\u2019 fate are mysteriously interconnected.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"a-text-italic\">Not Quite Cricket<\/span><\/em>\u00a0features a protagonist who is not at ease. Frankly, she does not know what is waiting just around the corner.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"a-text-italic\">A Heart Harkened<\/span><\/em>\u00a0explores the darker aspects of old-times, provincial family life, which over time results in drastic transformation of a young woman\u2019s character.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"a-text-italic\">Martha\u2019s Underworld<\/span><\/em>\u00a0uses a scenic fishing village as a backdrop when an insurance claims investigator sets out to explore some tragic events and their consequences for a family of four.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Published by Novelty Fiction on March 10, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>122 pages. 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