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Kelly Lagor

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in Chicago, The United States

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror

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She writes things.

She grew up in Chicago, but now lives in southern California. She has never gotten used to it.

She used to be a scientist, but now helps scientists do better science. Because SCIENCE.

She plays banjo and ukulele in a band, and guitar otherwise.

To read more of her fiction, you can go to http://kellylagor.com/writing/ ...more

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A Bildungsroman BildungsEssen

I have new fiction in the world today! My latest short story “An Invitation from the BildungsEssen Restaurant Group” is live at the wonderful Sunday Morning Transport! It is subscribers only, but you can check out two months free with this link. Many thanks to Fran Wilde, Curtis Chen, and Eric Brooks for their feedback on this one.

It was the shortest story inception to publication yet, though

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Kelly Lagor’s books

Average rating: 3.73 · 459 ratings · 163 reviews · 18 distinct works

	Uncanny Magazine Issue 34: May/June 2020 by Lynne M. Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Damian Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Elsa Sjunneson (Editor) 3.81 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2020	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
	Asimov's Science Fiction, September/October 2024 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nick Wolven, Naomi Kritzer (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2024	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
	Asimov's Science Fiction, January/February 2024 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Goodreads Author), Greg Egan 3.79 avg rating — 42 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
	How to Make a Triffid 3.36 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Analog Science Fiction & Fact, May/June 2021 by Trevor Quachri (Editor), Lettie Prell (Goodreads Author), Neal Asher (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 33 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
	Asimov's Science Fiction, January/February 2023 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Norman Spinrad, David Ira Cleary 3.27 avg rating — 37 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
	Asimov's Science Fiction, May/June 2023 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Allen M. Steele, Andy Dudak 3.55 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2023	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
	Coins of Chaos by Jennifer Brozak (editor), Kelly Swails (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Glenn Rolfe (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.35 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Analog Science Fiction & Fact, September/October 2024 by Trevor Quachri (Editor), Adam-Troy Castro, Tom R. Pike (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 24 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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The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)

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