The establishment had never looked so inviting as it did that night. She climbed aboard and rode the way to Mayfair Tearoom. She glanced at the sky, and she whispered a simple prayer of thanksgiving.įrom around the corner, an omnibus approached. Neither did any sickening, stenchful fumes envelope her person. Now she braced herself for a salvo of fire.

Then, from the neighboring rooftops, fifty or more pom-pom guns had opened fire–and the night air had filled with the odor of something like petroleum coke. How long has it been since the last bombardment? Sometime before, as she had stood in this very spot, she had heard the Zeppelin clearly enough.Īt that point, a Royal-Navy carbide flare had streaked heavenward. Sophie paused beside a stock-brick building, and she listened for the unnerving rumble of an airship’s engine car. Passion Bearer tells of Manon, a young lady who falls in love with a beautiful actress after taking a post as a script girl for a film company-and is subsequently confronted with the pettiest kinds of homophobia. Not a month later, she realizes that she is pregnant and must decide whether or not to get an abortion. She longs for the approval of an older man, so when her ice-skating instructor attempts to take advantage of her, she cannot resist. Mouvements Perpétuels tells of Cäcilia, a young lady shunned by her birth father. When she meets Jarvis, a young man obsessed with avenging all those students who delight in his daily debasement, she resolves to intervene before tragedy unfolds. The Phantom Glare of Day tells of Sophie, a young lady who has lived a sheltered life and consequently has no idea how cruel public-school bullying can be. In this trio of novellas, three game young ladies enter into dangerous liaisons that test each one’s limits and force them to confront the most heartrending issues facing society in the early twentieth century. Genre: Historical (Metaphysical) Fiction / Coming of Age Fiction Don’t forget to enter!Īnd you can click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour. Laszlo will be awarding a $50 Amazon or B&N Gift Card to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Welcome to my stop on the virtual book tour for The Phantom Glare Of Day organized by Goddess Fish Promotions.Īuthor M.

The Phantom Glare of Day by M Laszlo