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Sonora Taylor

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Horror, Fiction, Humor and Comedy

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Flannery O'Connor, Augusten Burroughs, Stephen King, Sharon Creech

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Sonora Taylor is the author of The Crow's Gift and Other Tales, Please Give, and Wither and Other Stories. Her short story, "Hearts are Just 'Likes,'" was published in Camden Park Press's Quoth the Raven, an anthology of stories and poems that put a contemporary twist on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Her work has appeared in The Sirens Call, a horror eZine; and Mercurial Stories, a weekly flash fiction literary journal. Her second novel, Without Condition, will be released on February 12, 2019. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband. You can visit her website and blog at sonorawrites.com.

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	Without Condition 4.25 avg rating — 8 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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Out Now: “Without Condition”

I’m happy to announce that Without Condition is now available on Amazon!

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Without Condition tells the story of Cara Vineyard, who lives a quiet life in rural North Carolina. She works for an emerging brewery, drives her truck late at night, and lives with her mother on a former pumpkin farm. Her mother is proud of her and keeps a wall displaying all of Cara’s acco...

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