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Mirage: Speculating on Speculative Fiction #62 we’re back W/ Varla Ventura

Varla Ventura doesn't just have the best name in writing, she is also a scholar of the occult, paranormal, and dream theorist. Her favorite holiday is Halloween, and she has written six books with a seventh on the way, each about spooky stuff.Varla Ventura's website is: https://varlaventura.netFollower her on twitter: @VarlaVentura Her facebook:https://www.facebook.com/varla.ventura/ *** Subscribe to …

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#97 Daniel Abraham

Daniel James Abraham is an American novelist, comic book writer, screenwriter, and television producer. The critically acclaimed Long Price Quartet author has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards, and won the International Horror Guild award. He also writes urban fantasy as M. L. N. Hanover and (with Ty Franck) space opera …

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#96 Michael Burgan

Michael Burgan is a historian specializing in writing biographies and current events for younger audiences. His published works include Who Was Henry Ford?, Who Was Theodore Roosevelt?, Breaker Boys: How a Photograph Helped End Child Labor, and The Creation of the U.S. Constitution. Additionally, Burgan is also a playwright and studied at the University of …

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#95 Robert Rees

  Robert Rees was born and educated in the UK, eventually studying Science, at Cambridge. Due to the sheer amount of brilliant chemists superior to him in the discipline in school he fell into London great leap forward ending up with a prestigious finance career. His book ‘Season in the Sun,’ is available here: https://www.amazon.com/Season-Sun-charming-Seychelles-village-ebook/dp/B071ZSS514/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1501783822&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=robert+reed+a+season+in+the+sun&linkCode=sl1&tag=auth081-20&linkId=6e0228fc0ffe976d304d1478891dee48 …

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#94 Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli

  Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli is an Italian science fiction and thriller author. She has lived in Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy) since 1993, earning a degree in biology and working as a writer, scientific and literary translator, and freelance web copywriter. Rita’s  website: http://www.anakina.net/en/index.html Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Rita-Carla-Francesca-Monticelli/e/B0089YQE4U Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Carla_Francesca_Monticelli Twitter: @ladyanakina Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RitaCarlaFMonticelli *** Music …

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#93 Ja-mel Vinson III

  Ja-mel is an education major living in upstate New York. He is from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY. and writes Speculative fiction. He is also a stage actor. Jamel’s  website: https://jamelvinson.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jvinsonii Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJVinsonii/ *** Music on this episode courtesy of: Kevin MacLeod Mountain Emperor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxQFdMlZcw *** Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for updates …

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Subtle

Vapid condescension, a cloud of perfume, the stink of layered foundation, a dog in a wig. She is perfect for where she is, in Manhattan on a Brooklyn bound L train. All eyes on her. Not that there is an expectation of violence or outburst of insanity, just that she is loud and squeaky and …

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The R

The R pulled into Union. I followed a tall woman dressed in black onto the car. I stood at the front and scanned the passengers. To my left, two empty seats and a woman on whose head a colorful scarf sat. It had many shades but seemed red as a whole. She didn’t seem that …

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Bill the Troll

He has said his name is Bill. He is a small man, bow legged, with a dirty sheen, a crack addict smile of rotten teeth and fingers caked with black. A fugue of cigarette smoke surrounds him. It announces his presence even long after he has left. “I work on hot water heaters; the Hurricane …

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