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Tonight, we'll read short stories including the magic carpet

from the compilation called The Day Before Yesterday by Richard Middleton

published posthumously in 1912.

Middleton was a young man impatient for success who managed to live the archetypal life of the romantic bohemian poet, complete with poverty and unrequited love for an impossible

woman. No novels were published while he was alive. Soon after his death, he was, quote unquote, discovered and critically acclaimed for the brilliance of his work and the brevity of his life.

Four volumes of his collected works were published,

including this one. Let's get cozy. Close your eyes.

body into the softness of your bed. Now. Now take a few deep breaths.

The magic card. The Magic Carpet.

There were two rugs in the library, and for some time we used to dispute the vexed question of their relative merits.

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