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McKinley M. Hellenes

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McKinley M. Hellenes is a Canadian fiction writer living in British Columbia. Her short stories and poems have appeared in various literary magazines, including Broken Pencil, Kiss Machine, The Frequent & Vigorous Quarterly, Memewar, Quills, The Liar, and anthologies such as The Journey Prize Stories 17, Red Light: Superheroes Saints and Sluts, and Can'tLit: Fearless Fiction From Broken Pencil Magazine. She is currently working on a short story collection and a novel for which she was awarded a grant by Canada Council For The Arts.

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	Red Light: Superheroes, Saints, and Sluts by Anna Camilleri (Editor), McKinley M. Hellenes (Goodreads Author) 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Can'tLit: Fearless Fiction from Broken Pencil Magazine by Richard Rosenbaum (Goodreads Author), Ian Rogers (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Emma Healey (contributor) 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hot & Bothered 4: Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire by Karen X. Tulchinsky, McKinley M. Hellenes (Goodreads Author) 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2003	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Journey Prize Stories 17: From The Best Of Canada's New Writers Selected by James Grainger and Nancy Lee by Various, McKinley M. Hellenes (Goodreads Author) 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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