Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth: Stories stronger even than the dark

stronger even than the dark secret they have to bear

of the emotional strain of birthday parties for children

Tales from the Celestial Kingdom collects nine spellbinding stories--two previously published

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Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth: Stories stronger even than the darkA Pulitzer Prize Finalist: This collection of moving short stories is "a treasure trove of lush scene setting in faraway times and places" (Alexis Burling, San Francisco Chronicle). On a fateful flight, a balloonist makes a discovery that changes her life forever. A telegraph operator finds an unexpected companion in the middle of the Amazon. A doctor is beset by seizures, in which he is possessed by a second, perhaps better, version of himself. And