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A writer discovers a way to avoid writing and still enjoy having written. Until it starts going wrong. A very short story involving cross-time communication and how not to use it, available for free.
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Isabel Pelech
I'm a mother of two living in the South. I play viola and mess around on the internet incessantly. Really, the most interesting thing about me are all the worlds in my head, and I hope you like reading them as much as I enjoyed creating them.
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