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Originally from Oregon, USA, I've lived in Japan for two decades juggling various day jobs as teacher, proofreader, and voice actor, and DJ. Write on long train rides between jobs or wherever I can sneak in the time.

Published fiction includes:
-- The Healing Moment Assigned by HR Central Stacks, universe-traveling librarian deals with aliens and baggage from the past while dreaming of a long vacay with her wife, DreamForge Anvil Issue 14, Dec. 2023 (https://rebrand.ly/the-healing-moment)
-- Choose a Star to Mend the Heart, space narwhal and friendship, Tales & Feathers, Nov. 2023 (https://www.augurmag.com/choose-a-sta...)
-- - Puff a Golem Up for Drudgery, golems among royalty and their overworked lasses and lads, Triangulation: Seven-Day Week ...more

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	Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging - Volume Blue by Atlin Merrick (Editor), Rhian Bowley (Goodreads Author), Alicia K. Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.85 avg rating — 33 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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	Don't Ask, Ghosts Tell: An LGBTQ+ Horror Anthology by Vince A. Liaguno (Goodreads Author), Sirrah Medeiros (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amanda Dier (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 9 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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	Dreamforge Magazine - Anvil Issue 8: Perception (DreamForge Anvil 2022 Book 2) by Scot Noel, Scott Edelman, Bruce Boston (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	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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Hello Readers,Good news to share! My latest story, Singing Over Sour Remains, was published in June 2026 in Issue 27 of Zooscape. A parrot protagonist, their poetic songs of a beloved gibbon friend and lost family. Survival action with squirrels in a post-human landscape. A certain respect and hope we all need to carry on.Zooscape is edited by Mary E Lowd, and I actually reviewed one of her books

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Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

by Yoon Ha Lee

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The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)

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Breakable Things

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“Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be—or to be indistinguishable from—self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.”
― Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

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“Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial-arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, and devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad.”
― Neal Stephenson

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“I just saved your fucking life, Mom. . . . You could at least offer me an Oreo.”
― Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash

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“There's only four things we do better than anyone else:
music
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― Neal Stephenson

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“Loads of children read books about dinosaurs, underwater monsters, dragons, witches, aliens, and robots. Essentially, the people who read SF, fantasy and horror haven't grown out of enjoying the strange and weird.”
― China Miéville