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A.B. Lucian

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Lucian was born in 1987 and his brain has been absorbing Sci-Fi and Fantasy ever since.

Over the years he has developed an allergy to cats, paired with an odd habit of finding cats on the street, taking them in, feeding them, taking them to the vet, and finally donating them to other people.

One day, he came across a stray cat with a broken leg and, as was his habit, took it in. When the skinny bastard healed, Lucian did the unthinkable and kept him. He’s still allergic to cats, but seems to have grown mildly resistant to the skinny bastard who is presently a fat bastard and is sleeping while Lucian writes his biography.

Lucian likes to read various genres, from cozy mysteries to hard sci-fi to memoirs and history, but is focused on writing Sc ...more

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New update of ‘From the Ashes’ pushed to kindle

Hello and thank you to the people who pointed out typos! I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it.

I took the feedback to heart and recently pushed a few changes to the book out to the kindle and paperback versions. The changes pertain mainly to small annoying typos. However, I know how annoying those can be.

Personally, when I read a book and stumble across a typo it really takes me out of the sto

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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

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