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Dale Stromberg is the author of the high fantasy novel Mæj (tRaum Books, 2024), the curio fiction novel Gyre (2025), and the oddball collection Melancholic Parables (2022). He grew up not far from Sacramento before moving to Tokyo, where he had a brief music career. Now he lives near Kuala Lumpur and makes ends meet as an editor and translator.

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	Melancholic Parables 4.92 avg rating — 24 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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	After Dinner Conversation - Season Two by After Dinner Conversation Magazine, Kolby Granville, Nathan Ahlgrim it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Instant Classic: That No One Will Read by Tucker Lieberman (Goodreads Author), Ryszard I. Merey (Goodreads Author), Zilla Novikov (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 12 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
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	Extinction Events (Planet Scumm #14) by Sean Clancy (Editor), Maxine Sophia Wolff, Marie Vibbert (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2022	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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It’s been ages since I posted anything about music. It’s a part of my life I’ve left behind. But as I was going through old files a while back, I came across some recordings which I had half-forgotten existed.

I and a drummer (and very cool guy) called Isao formed a duo called 煙湾 (kemuri no wan) and played a few live shows in Tokyo but never released any recordings. We did, however, record a five

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