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My first and currently only completed novel, "Occlusion," rooted from a dream I had several months ago. The concepts behind the prologue branched out from the atmosphere and setting of that nightmare. I grew up and out of that setting to form the narrative of my book, changing the details of the dream to allow gateways into the science fiction realm.

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