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<Bliadhna Mhath úr>

Time flies like a big black crow. Here at Sterns-Carson Sanitarium, another year is in the books. It’s the moment to pause and glance back with gratitude. Turn and look forward to the future with hope. Thank you for spending some of your precious time here with The Raven Chronicles and The Buffalo Drive-In. There are more adventures in store for 2015; so sign up for e-mail notification and you…

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<Celebrate Samhain>

~ celebrate samhain ~

To you and yours from all of us at Sterns-Carson Sanitarium – Oidhche Shamhna shona dhuibh! ©JEFitzgerald ~ All Rights Reserved TELEPHONE RECORDS & BOOKS

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<The Summer Reading Club>

The Dog Days of Summer are upon us! Grab a frosty beverage, find a spot in the shade, and pay a visit to Sterns-Carson Sanitarium. It’s always cool in our little corner of the world. Ceud mìle fàilte! ©JEFitzgerald ~ All Rights Reserved TELEPHONE RECORDS & BOOKS

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The Raven Chronicles ~ 50

The Diary of Rhea Sinclair November 22, 1932 thEFinal SUN gOesdOWn ThEnIghtbIrd cAlls tO ME IwIll SprEaD MY wIngs AndfOllOw flYuntO thEnIght sIngthEsOng offrEEdOm sAtemy HUNgEr slAkEmy thIrsT ThIs bAgoFbOnes thIs mOrtalCoIl ShAlLbE TrAnsfOrmed tO a tRaInOfFIrE thAt wIll cleAnsE thIs fIeldoF InIquitY aNd brIng TheInfIdelS toHanD I wIlL dEvoUr MY lovErs sWallOw thEm whOlE LikE sObEk A…

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<Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh>

All of us at Sterns-Carson Sanitarium wish you and yours a Blessed and Joyous St. Patrick’s Day. Sláinte! ©JEFitzgerald ~ All Rights Reserved TELEPHONE RECORDS & BOOKS

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The Raven Chronicles ~ 48

Dr. Sylvester Agnostica, MD. Sterns-Carson Sanitarium Green Pines, Ohio November 22, 1932 I sit here pen in hand and dumfounded; unmoored and adrift. Again this day, I have seen things that are not to be believed, witnessed the incredible, and discovered my last hope for societal salvation dashed on the rocks. Still, despite the insistent voice that expounds constantly of futility, there is one…

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<Happy New Year>

Best Wishes from all of us here at Echo Lake Road for a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year. In 2013, we received visitors from: The United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, France, Canada, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Israel, Australia, Spain, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Indonesia, Belgium, India, Uruguay, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Japan, Ukraine,…

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The Raven Chronicles ~ 47

(Chapters are stored chronologically in ARCHIVES) Fr. Michael Leavell, OP. Sacred Heart Church 
Raven, Ohio November 22, 1932 Wallace found a length of burlap with which we wrapped the girl’s body; we then secured the rough cerement with fence wire. I carried the slender corpse over my shoulder across the frosty pasture out to the fence line where the mutilated calf lay. A vapor rose from the…

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The Raven Chronicles ~ 46

(Chapters are arranged chronologically in ARCHIVES) Dr. Sylvester Agnostica, MD. Sterns-Carson Sanitarium Green Pines, Ohio November 22, 1932 I have always considered myself a realistic and practical man, therefore, I cannot lie about today’s visit from Jacob Drummond; I survived a squall, but the storm is not over. At most, I have been granted a reprieve. I know full well that time is limited,…

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<The Summer Reading Club>

As we watch the sun of summer sink slowly in the West, all of us at Sterns-Carson Sanitarium would like to take this opportunity to say Thanks! for stopping by during the lazy, hazy, crazy days. We all here had some grand adventures and hope that all of you did too. Hate to see the warm sunny days fade away, but on the other hand, you know what that means: HALLOWEEN IS ON THE WAY! Please accept…

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The Raven Chronicles ~ 44

(Chapters are stored chronologically in ARCHIVES) The Diary of Rhea Sinclair November 22, 1932 whEn ThEy EntErEd AsHuddErriPPlEdthrOughmE NOt frOm thE sight of thE dEfIler bUt fOr the glImpsE of MY bElOvEd SHE was rAdIAnt bEaUtifUl bEyOnd cOmparE LITHE AS A REED In thE brEEzE I had tO FIghT thE UrgE to EnfOld HER InmYaRmS I would nEvEr allOw HIM To sEE ThE mAgnItUdE Of mY dEsIrE fOr mY truE…

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The Raven Chronicles ~ 43

(Chapters are stored chronologically in ARCHIVES.) Fr. Michael Leavell, OP. Sacred Heart Church Raven, Ohio November 22, 1932 ’Twas if Mrs. Pomeroy’s glare had branded me with a creeping paranoia, for the hairs on my neck bristled, and I occasionally glanced over my shoulder out of an illogical fear of being followed, as I hurried down the steps from the 4th Floor of the Riddle Block. Once behind…

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The Raven Chronicles ~ 42

(Chapters are stored chronologically in ARCHIVES) Dr. Sylvester Agnostica, MD. Sterns-Carson Sanitarium Green Pines, Ohio November 22, 1932 I shut my office, turned toward the hospital entrance, and saw the Drummond group clustered inside the foyer. One of the interior doors swung open; Mr. Cannon entered the hallway, stepped aside, and held the door for Jacob Drummond, who swept into…

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<Surf's Up>

…so you just got poolside or stretched out on the beach and you reach inside your tote bag and discover that you’ve left that copy of Fifty Shades Of Grey wrapped in the dust jacket of For Whom The Bell Tolls back up in your room…never fear, a perfect summer read is as close as your smartphone (or tablet computer or notebook)…just go…

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The Raven Chronicles ~ 41

(Chapters are stored chronologically in ARCHIVES.) Fr. Michael Leavell, OP. Sacred Heart Church Raven, Ohio November 22, 1932 I tucked the revolver in my jacket pocket, resolved to leave the rectory without fanfare, let alone another word with Monsignor Leavell or Mrs. Sullivan. Utilizing stealth, I entered the upstairs hall and pulled my bedroom door closed; the latch entered the strike plate…

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The Raven Chronicles ~ 37

(Chapters are stored chronologically in ARCHIVES.) Fr. Michael Leavell, OP. Sacred Heart Church Raven, Ohio November 22, 1932 With my hand clasped in commitment with his nemesis, I pondered Wallace’s possible reactions to my compact with Sheriff Blackwell; though their mutual antipathy is long-lived, the origin is a complete mystery to me. Wallace and Blackwell appear to be men cut from the same…

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<Happy New Year>

I write to discover what I know. ~ Flannery O’Connor Best Wishes for A Happy and Prosperous New Year ~ from ~ All of us at Echo Lake Road ©JEFitzgerald ~ All Rights Reserved TELEPHONE RECORDS & BOOKS

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