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Ryan Kurr is an author, pastry chef, and mystic practitioner. His debut memoir, Sugar Burn: The Not So Hot Side of the Sweet Kitchen was released in 2015. The first two books in his Esoteric Alchemy series became Amazon bestsellers in the LGBT Fantasy genre. His freelance work on spiritual and metaphysical witchcraft and original recipes has been published by Witches Magazine. He currently lives in Portland, OR.

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Average rating: 3.84 · 196 ratings · 67 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sage, Smoke & Fire (Esoteric Alchemy, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Powdered Oak & Seven Metals (Esoteric Alchemy, #2) 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sugar Burn: The Not So Hot Side of the Sweet Kitchen 3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Hen (Esoteric Alchemy, #3) 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Esoteric Alchemy: the complete series (books 1 - 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trigger Point 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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When I finally sat down to tackle the copious amount of notes that I had for a fantasy series, I will admit...it felt like it was going to be stuck in a permanent state of development. My concept, a story about witches for witches, did feel like a concept that would remain, well—conceptual. I had taken so many notes and had so many different ideas that it pro

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