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Richard Edgar is a retired scientist living near Denver, writing speculative character-driven queer fiction, science fiction, and sometimes just fiction about queer scientists.

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Average rating: 3.75 · 24 ratings · 10 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Necessary Lies: A Novel 3.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 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
	Ravynscroft (Necessary Lies #2) 4.17 avg rating — 6 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
	Transit Station (Necessary Lies Book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	But Before That: a novel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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New review of Ravynscroft

There's a new review of my novel Ravynscroft in the December 2020 issue of the online literary journal Toasted Cheese:

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Published on December 01, 2020 13:58 • Tags: lesbian-fiction, ravynscroft, review

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Mary Russell's War And Other Stories of Suspense (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes)

by Laurie R. King (Goodreads Author)

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A Song for a New Day

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Richard Edgar said: " I love this book.

Luce got my attention in the first chapter, choosing not to tell her band that she had run away at fifteen rather than tell her religious parents and siblings she was queer; that she didn't have that word or any other, then, only the ...more "

Nov 15, 2022 11:53AM · see review

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