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herocious was born during a thunderstorm on Mars. He enjoys long runs on the beach, poetry, and candlelight dinners. Once, he tipped a homeless window washer with spiritual enlightenment.

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The Magic Word

The Magic Word

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:12pt;">Elisabeth was rude and selfish and demanding, and therefore had very few friends.<span>  </span>When she sent out invitations to her birthday party, no one accepted.<span>  </span>Her mother warned her that she needed to improve her manners and to try to get along with people.<span>  </span>She told Elisabeth that she needed to use the magic word “Please”.<span>  </span>So when Elisabeth went to school the next day, she thought of her mother’s advice, “What is the magic word?” and she started saying “Please” and also “Thank You”.<span>  </span>She tried to become more thoughtful of others, and discovered that she was a much happier person.<span>  </span>Imagine her pleasure when she returned home to find out that her new friends were all coming to her birthday party!</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"></span></p><p></p>

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Media Links

The Next Best Book Club

🔗 http://thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/review-austin-nights.html

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Whistling Shade

🔗 http://www.whistlingshade.com/1102/Books.htm

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Red Fez

🔗 http://www.redfez.net/nonfiction/303

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Austinist

🔗 http://austinist.com/2011/07/20/austin_nights_and_trillin_on_texas.php

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The Word Zombie

🔗 http://thewordzombie.com/?p=5246

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Xylo, The Wolf Baron

🔗 http://wolfbaronxylo.livejournal.com/419019.html

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Beach Sloth

🔗 http://beachsloth.tumblr.com/post/37303164281/austin-nights-by-michael

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J. A. Tyler Reviews Austin Nights

🔗 http://www.redfez.net/nonfiction/303

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Reviews

<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:right;">The novel has a strange epic feel about it. Like something huge is happening, I’m not sure how he does it, but you get the emotion that someone is really trying to <em>live</em>.</p><p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:right;">-Noah Cicero, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Behavior-Noah-Cicero/dp/0984603778"><em>Best Behavior</em></a></p> <p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:right;">There is a particular intimacy that the protagonist lets the reader in on, and I sense it in his ever so slight insecurities, a flaw that you know how to write quite well without being overtly overbearing.</p><p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:right;">-Lavinia Ludlow, author of <a href="http://www.casperianbooks.com/catalog/1-934081-29-9.html"><em>alt.punk</em></a></p> <p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:right;">Powered by a rich kind of nonlinear anti-narrative, Davidson weaves and cajoles us into believing that reality can be fiction and fiction reality, but more importantly, to stop looking for the border that divides the two.</p><p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:right;">-Jennifer Thompson, Black Heart Magazine</p><p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:right;">An interesting read no matter how you slice it.</p><p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:right;">-Adam S, <a href="http://austinist.com/"><em>Austinist</em></a></p><p style="padding-left:10px;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17073" title="scott mcclanahan" src="http://theopenend.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/scott.jpg" alt="" height="31" width="82" /><br /> -Scott McClanahan, author of <em><a href="http://hollerpresents.com/scottstories.html">Stories IV!</a></em></p>