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It helps shield against all forms of negative energy

And as her fear builds

a blood-stained poker beside him

Henry and Edgar Allan Poe

The View From Castle Rock historical fiction It helps shield against allA new collection of stories by Alice Munro is always a major event. This new collection her most personal to date is no exception. Alice Munro's stories are always wonderful and so ingrained with truths about life that readers always want to know where they came from. In this book, Alice Munro tells us. In her Foreword (an unusual feature in itself), she explains how she, born Alice Laidlaw in Ontario, in recent years became interested in the history