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	Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts by Derwin Mak, Lucas K. Law (Editor), Mahtab Narsimhan (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2016 — 4 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
	Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One (Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection Book 1) by Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author), Kevin Folliard, Gustavo Bondoni (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 52 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
	Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing by Sandra Kasturi (Editor), Halli Villegas (Editor), Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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
	The Group of Seven Reimagined: Contemporary Stories Inspired by Historic Canadian Paintings by Karen Schauber (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Jim Waddington (Foreword), Sue Waddington (Foreword) 4.56 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2019	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
	Playground of Lost Toys (The Exile Book of) by Colleen Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ursula Pflug (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rhonda Eikamp (Contributor) 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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 Times and Places by Joe Mahoney (Goodreads Author), Robert Runte (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.36 avg rating — 11 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
	Queens in Wonderland by Theresa Halvorsen (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Chris Bannor (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Alicia K. Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.89 avg rating — 9 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
	Tesseracts 5 by Robert Runte (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Yves Meynard (Editor), John Park (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1996 — 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
	Prairie Starport: Stories in Celebration of Candas Jane Dorsey by Rhonda Parrish (Goodreads Author) (Compiler), Timothy J. Anderson, Greg Bechtel (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	AI, Robot by Jessica Augustsson (Goodreads Author), Devan Barlow, Jenna Moore 4.43 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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