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Jon Thysell

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories, Historical Fiction

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Jon Thysell is a writer and engineer currently living in the Pacific Northwest, where he works as a software engineer for Xbox.

He was first published (in print) in Not Quite What I Was Planning. In 2012 he published his short story Pawsgaard, prequel to his upcoming novel, "Hester and the Kookaburra King".

When he's not writing, he plays video games with his wife; sometimes she even lets him win. ...more

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Pawsgaard (Guineawick Tales, #0)

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Under a Black Flag: A Freeport Anthology

by Jaym Gates (Goodreads Author)

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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

by Shane Hawk (Goodreads Author)

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If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?: Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life

by Stephen Webb

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I thought the book was just a ton of optional subsystems, but was pleasantly surprised to see it was mostly all the ways to use the existing mechanics and "adjust the dials" for different effects in your game. ...more
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