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Mark Lee Pearson is from the United Kingdom. Aircraft toolmaker, translator, and father of two little monsters, he has a degree in Philosophy and English Literature and a Masters in Japanese. When he was nineteen years old Mark founded the legendary indiepop label, Ambition Records, in his Southampton bedroom. He now divides his time between teaching junior high school students in Japan how to communicate in English, and trying to communicate his own ideas about the nature of the universe to the world. His stories have appeared in various magazines and anthologies including Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Space and Time Magazine, and Apex: Descended From Darkness. For more information check out markleepearson@blogspot.com

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	Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations by Eric J. Guignard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author), David Tallerman (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Descended from Darkness (Book of Apex, #1) by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gill Ainsworth (Editor), Lavie Tidhar (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Cutlass and Musket, Tales of Piratical Skullduggery by Jessica A. Weiss (Editor), M.S. Gardner, Michael A. Ventrella (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Paranormal Bedtime Stories by Lisa Logan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brittany Kingston (Goodreads Author), Roxanne Rhoads (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2007	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
	From Shadows and Nightmares by James Dorr (Goodreads Author), Jeff Wooten (Goodreads Author), Michele Wyan 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011	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
	A Big Book of Strange, Weird, and Wonderful: The Best Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction from the pages of 'An Unforgettable E-Fiction Quarterly' by D.L. Russell (Editor), Sharon Black (Editor), Teresa Tunaley (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 5 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
	The Book of Tentacles by Scott Virtes (Editor), Edward Cox (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert J. Santa (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	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
	Neverlands and Otherwheres by Adicus Ryan Garton (Editor), Brian Worley (Editor), Mercedes Murdock Yardley (Contributor) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	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
	A Big Book of Strange Weird and Wonderful Volume 2 by D.L. Russell (Editor), C.L. Rossman, Paul Breaux it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	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
	Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Issue 50 by Robbie Matthews (Editor), The ASIM Hivemind (Editor), Les Petersen (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	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 Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)

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