{"id":91,"date":"2015-08-11T01:49:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T01:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/?p=91"},"modified":"2015-09-23T20:54:04","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T20:54:04","slug":"a-loss-of-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/a-loss-of-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"A Loss of Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pleased to announce that the next Tales of the Last Edwardian story is now available for free download:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/567907\">A Loss of Angels<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angelcov1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"93\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/a-loss-of-angels\/angelcov1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angelcov1.jpg?fit=1600%2C2400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,2400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"angelcov1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angelcov1.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angelcov1.jpg?fit=474%2C711&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-93\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angelcov1.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"angelcov1\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angelcov1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angelcov1.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angelcov1.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angelcov1.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angelcov1.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not a psychic, more a psychiatric. 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