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Alan Semrow

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Alan Semrow’s fiction, nonfiction, and poetry has been featured in over 40 publications. Semrow's short story collection, Briefs (Lethe Press), was published in 2016. Previously, he was a monthly contributor at Chosen Magazine, the Fiction Editor for Black Heart Magazine, and a Guest Fiction Editor for the Summer Issue of Five Quarterly. ...more

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	Ripe: Letters 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 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 Radvocate #13 by Matt E. Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Keith McCleary (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Allison Whittenberg (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015	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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	Crack the Spine: XII by Kerri Farrell Foley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Windy Lynn Harris (Goodreads Author) (Contributor ), Alan Semrow (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 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
	Inwood Indiana: Tracks by Adam Sprague (Contributor), Alan Semrow (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 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
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