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Kristina Young is an author, data scientist and software engineer from Bulgaria, Venezuela, and South Africa; currently living in London, UK. She writes poetry and prose (both fiction and non-fiction) often inspired by travel. Her work ranges from modern folkloric tales to dystopian science fiction and travel memoirs.

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Average rating: 4.45 · 31 ratings · 23 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	In Search of Beira's Hammer: A Fantasy Novella by Kristina Young (Goodreads Author), Marina Mensi (Illustrator) 4.45 avg rating — 31 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Oil – Surrealist collection

In the past year I’ve been expanding my art experimentation by trying to paint imagery I have in my head, rather than try to paint something I see. It turns out imagery in my head is very much all surrealist.

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Pachinko

by Min Jin Lee

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Katabasis

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An Enchantment of Digital Archaeology: Raising the Dead with Agent-Based Models, Archaeogaming and Artificial Intelligence

by Shawn Graham

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