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Munchkin: Tales From The Land Of Oz

2026
Author(s):
Clarke, Ryan
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Publisher(s):
Independently Published
Genre(s):
Fantasy

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Before Dorothy. Before the Yellow Brick Road. Before a house fell from the sky, the Munchkins had a story of their own. Among the gentle hills of eastern Oz lives a small and peaceful people who have learned to listen to the land beneath their feet. Their doors stand open, their bells ring from hill to hill, and for generations they have lived together according to old customs almost forgotten by the wider world. Young Pipkin has always listened more closely than most. He knows the voice of every bell in the hills. He knows when the earth is content—and he knows when something is wrong. For deep beneath Hearth-Hill lies an ancient bell that has never been rung. The elders say it was made long ago, when the wandering ancestors of the Munchkins first chose the eastern hills as their home. It is not a bell for celebration or warning, but for a day when their people are in danger of forgetting who they are. And that day is drawing near.

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