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Michael Swanwick


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in Schenectady, NY, The United States
November 18, 1950

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AUTUMN DREAMS (Part 5 of 31)


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Above: Every autumn, I create a Halloween story, write it out on leaves (one word per leaf), photograph the leaves, and then abandon them where I found them. The story is then serialized here, starting on October 1 and concluding on the 31st--All Souls Day.


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“Writing is a matter of finding the appropriate balance of dinosaurs and sodomy.”
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“Perfection is death,' Anastasia said. 'The world is imperfect, but if it weren't, who would love it?”
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