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Ef Deal

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Ef Deal is a new voice in the genre of speculative steampunk with her debut novel, Esprit de Corpse, but she is not new to publishing. Her short fiction has appeared in various magazines and ezines over the years. Her short story “Czesko,” published in the March 2006 F&SF, was given honorable mention in Gardner Dozois' Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, which gave both her and Gardner great delight. They laughed and laughed and sipped Scotch (not cognac, alas) over the last line.

Currently, her works can be found in A Cast of Crows, Soul Scream Antholozine Vol. 1, Conspiracies & Cryptids Vol. 1, Beach Shorts, and Dangerous Waters.

Despite her preoccupation with old-school drum and bugle corps ~ playing, composing, arranging, and teachin ...more

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	Esprit de Corpse 4.50 avg rating — 64 ratings — 2 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
	Dangerous Waters: Deadly Women of the Sea by Julia C. Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), John Higgins (Contributor), Patrick Rutigliano (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.06 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2023 — 3 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
	Grimm Retold by L.C.W. Allingham (Goodreads Author) (Editor), River Eno (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tanith Lee 4.49 avg rating — 35 ratings — 3 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
	Incubate: a horror collection of feminine power by L.C.W. Allingham (Goodreads Author), River Eno (Goodreads Author), Dale Glaser 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 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
	A Cast of Crows by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author), David Lee Summers (Goodreads Author), Jessica Lucci (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — 3 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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	The Order of Duval 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 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
	Other Aether by Greg Schauer (Editor), Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Beth Cato (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 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
	A Cry of Hounds by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author), James Chambers (Goodreads Author), Jessica Lucci (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 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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Been a Long Time!

Yes, I've been busy! Mostly being in and out of the hospital, defying death with a couple of DVT's, one of which broke off into my lung, hobbling with a wrecked knee, and getting not one but two trigger-finger surgeries. I couldn't sit at the computer, and my laptop is too slow to get anything done, so I've mostly been online via my phone! N.B.: Don't do it.

In the meantime, I missed the tell

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Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of Doc Holliday

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The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll With All the Original Illustrations + The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll: All the Novels, Stories and Poems: Alice's ... What Alice Found There + Sylvie and Brun

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