title: Far From Shandesto: Arcanaland Series Book 1 (Volume 1)
author:  Wyborn Senna 
description: About the author... Wyborn Senna has a Masters in Professional Writing degree from USC and is published by fierce, fabulous, fantastic Full Fathom Five Digital. With a 9-to-5 job in the entertainment industry, Senna lives in Burbank, California...but her story doesn't start there. Born in Buffalo and raised in Amherst, New York, Senna pecked out her first novel at age 11, and eventually fell headlong into roles as school newspaper and yearbook editor. After earning a bachelor's degree in Journalism/Mass Communication from St. Bonaventure University in New York, she worked at the Olean Times Herald, Ellis Advertising, and Studio Arena Theater. Then she headed west to Los Angeles, where she studied at the University of Southern California under writing greats such as Tommy Thompson, started the ManUSCript newsletter for the graduate writing program, and co-founded the USC Playwrights Guild. While writing for The San Luis Obispo Telegram Tribune and doll magazines such as Barbie Bazaar and Miller's, she sold the Virginia Stewart Barbie collection on eBay for an unprecedented $77,500 to a private collector and went on to publish three identification guides for Barbie's little sister Kelly, but her writing interests aren't solely focused on dolls. In addition to Bury Me With Barbie (inspired by angry collectors who wanted her to break the Stewart collection into lots), her involvement in the entertainment industry inspired Porter's Fortune, and her interest in Adam Lambert's soaring musical career, looks, and talent launched The New Elvis. Inspired by metaphysical studies, Far From Shandesto is the first in a series of fantasy novels that take readers on a journey to different lands where they encounter situations and characters inspired by new-age subject matter including tarot and oracle decks.
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  # The Man With The Broken Ear
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Edmond About
  
  
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  * [DEDICATION OF THE FIRST EDITION.[A].](mear_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER I. WHEREIN THEY KILL THE FATTED CALF TO
  
  
  CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF A FRUGAL SON.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II. UNPACKING BY CANDLE-LIGHT.](mear_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III. THE CRIME OF THE LEARNED PROFESSOR
  
  
  MEISER.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV. THE VICTIM.](mear_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V. DREAMS OF LOVE, AND OTHER DREAMS.](mear_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI. A YOUNG GIRL'S CAPRICE.](mear_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII. PROFESSOR MEISER'S WILL IN FAVOR OF
  
  
  THE DESICCATED COLONEL.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII. HOW NICHOLAS MEISER, NEPHEW OF JOHN
  
  
  MEISER, EXECUTED HIS UNCLE'S WILL.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX. CONSIDERABLE OF A DISTURBANCE IN
  
  
  FONTAINEBLEAU.
  
  
  * [CHAPTER X. HALLELUJAH!](mear_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XI. WHEREIN COLONE