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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: 3.57 · 21 ratings · 9 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Necessary Lies: A Novel 3.33 avg rating — 15 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
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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:

https://tclj.toasted-cheese.com/2020/...

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

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The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club, #5)

by Richard Osman

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Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity

by Lee Mandelo (Goodreads Author)

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Ha'penny (Small Change, #2)

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