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Amy L. Bernstein writes award-winning fiction and nonfiction, with a particular interest in the power of dystopian literature to stretch the boundaries of realism by using imagined futures to interrogate the truths we live with now. Amy brings a compassionate and insightful voice to the challenges and joys of the artistic process at writers' conferences around the U.S. She is the author of five previous novels and a nonfiction book of inspiration for creatives. A former journalist, Amy also works as a book coach, helping nonfiction authors craft compelling book proposals. She welcomes followers to her weekly Substack, where she amplifies the joys and challenges of the creative life.

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The Ministry for the Future

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“Rags hate clutter the way healthy people hate cancer: it was offensive, invasive, and should be eliminated quickly and surgically.”
― Amy L. Bernstein, The Potrero Complex

tags: dystopian, fantasy, fiction, government, lies, love, mystery, power, romance, twists

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“She sensed an ending, and she thought that Flint did too. But she also sensed a beginning. The post-pandemic world would continue to unfold in many directions at once—many of them troubling and disheartening, she imagined. She had to counteract even just a fraction of that negative energy.”
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tags: dystopian, fantasy, fiction, government, lies, mystery, plot-turns, power, twists, unexpected

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“The day could not come soon enough when these mini-Nazis would be disbanded. When ordinary citizens would begin trusting their own instincts again, instead of blindly following anyone in a uniform telling them what to do.”
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