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February 17, 2022February 17, 2022

Over at Lightspeed:

https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/bad-code/

SGJ

is the NYT bestselling author of 35 or so books, +350 stories, some comic books, and all this stuff here. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, and has a few broken-down old trucks, one PhD, and way too many boots. More here.

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Animals I've Known
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Captain's Lament
Chapter Six
Chicken
CloseEncounters
Darkest Part
Dead Are Not
Dear Final Girls
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Deathtrap Whirlpool
Dedication
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Doc's Story (excerpt)
Don't Look Now
Easy Money
Every Action
Evolution
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Floor of Basement
Flowerkicker
Fresh Cut
Girls
God of Low Things
Hairy Legs and All
Hamsters…
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Koalas
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Lord of the Mount
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Men, Women, & Chainsaws
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Not So Sure
Old Meat
Ones Who Got Away
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Sea of Intranquility
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Submitted for Approval
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Tenderizer
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Wait for Night
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When Swords …
Wolf Island
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13 Weeks
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OK/Okay
On Exodus
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On Freedom
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On Reading
On The Lottery
On Water
Open Letter to Cons
Pinocchio Complex
Secret Wars
SF Songs
SGJ's 2021 Summer Reads
Spotify Audiobooks
State of the Slasher Address
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Statements of Intent
Texas Monthly
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Truth About Yoda
Unrevised
Video Night (bk rvw)
Weird Flowchart
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