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Today is the first day of Spring Break at Randolph College. With some surprisingly seasonally appropriate coolness outside, I’ve decided to give my morning and early afternoon to outlining a new short story set in the world of WITHOUT LIGHT.

The action of WITHOUT LIGHT starts in the year 2266. In this short story, I will be turning back the clock to 2112 in order to explore some of the historical

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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

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