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Sef Hughes

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Sef Hughes was born in Stirling, Scotland, and has lived in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Pittsburgh, Amsterdam and Eindhoven. He is currently hiding out in York.

A version of his short story Lost Cargo was published in Litro USA in 2015, and The Straw Hat appeared in the Dream Issue of Popshot Quarterly in 2018. Salt Water is his first collection of short stories and will be shortly followed by his debut novel, The Hate Extractor.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 59 ratings · 17 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Salt Water and other short stories 3.79 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2019 — 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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The Safekeep

by Yael van der Wouden

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Heart Lamp: Selected Stories

by Banu Mushtaq

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