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  <name><![CDATA[Robert Freeman Wexler]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[For some writers, prose is a means of constructing an analogue of reality.  For Robert Freeman Wexler, fiction is a means of de-constructing reality.  Yet his stories have such a strong sense of linguistic integrity, it’s hard to believe that he isn’t reporting his experiences from a parallel universe.  His fiction inhabits the place where the real world turns into oatmeal, where unexpected juxtapositions cause uncontrollable anxiety.

His books include novella, IN SPRINGDALE TOWN, from 2003, which was reprinted in THE BEST SHORT NOVELS OF 2004 (Science Fiction Book Club) and again in MODERN GREATS OF SCIENCE FICTION (iBooks). First novel, CIRCUS OF THE GRAND DESIGN, came out in 2004, and his new novel, THE PAINTING AND THE CITY is due out in early 2009.  His short stories have been published in a variety of venues, including THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL FICTION, LADY CHURCHILL’S ROSEBUD WRISTLET, THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE, and the POLYPHONY anthology series.

His latest publication is the mini-collection, PSYCHOLOGICAL METHODS TO SELL SHOULD BE DESTROYED, which includes five previously-published stories and one that appears in print for the first time.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Angela Carter, J.G. Ballard]]></influences>  <gender>male</gender>        
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Psychological Methods To Sell Should Be Destroyed]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Circus of the Grand Design]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[In Springdale Town]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Painting and the City]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jeffrey Ford]]></name>
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