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Shannon Rampe

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Shannon Rampe is a writer and project manager living in southern California. He has attended the Viable Paradise Writing Workshop, the Taos Toolbox Writing Workshop, and Paradise Lost. He is the author of the Amazon bestseller WHEN STARS MOVE & OTHER STORIES and ASSISTANT TO A JUDGE OF HELL & OTHER STORIES.

His works have appeared in Speculative City, Abyss & Apex, and The Gallery of Curiosities podcast, amongst others. In 2015, he was a semi-finalist for the Writers of the Future award. His hobbies include yoga, video games, and craft cocktail-making (though not usually at the same time).

Shannon is represented by Susan Velazquez Colmant at JABberwocky Literary Agency. Follow him at www.shannonrampe.com for more. ...more

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	Speculative City: Issue 1 Grotesque by Speculative City (Editor), Devon Montgomery (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rebecca Linam (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2018	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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I returned to tabletop role-playing games in 2022 and have absolutely loved playing and running games as a way to make friends and to have fun creating shared experiences together. In that time, I’ve run two campaigns and multiple one-shots, over fifty sessions. I’ve also tried to experiment with different approaches, running many different games and learning about and experimenting with different

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Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

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