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J.A. Taylor

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J.A. Taylor started believing he could write when he won the first short story contest he ever entered. He enjoys writing flash fiction stories with O. Henry style twists. He is the creator of SciFiShorts.pub & FantasyShorts.pub, and coiner of Centinas and Pentinas. Get his newsletter at jataylorwrites.com or write with him at sfswriters.com.

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	Galactic Rejuvenation: A Scifi Short Story Collection 4.68 avg rating — 19 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
	SFS Stories Issue #1: Twelve Dark Fantasy Flash Fiction Stories by J.A. Taylor (Goodreads Author), Rod Castor, Alex Kilcannon 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings	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
	SFS Stories Issue #2: Twelve Human Advancement Flash Fiction Stories by J.A. Taylor (Goodreads Author), Rod Castor, John Bullock 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings	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
	Lucent Legends: A Collection of Twelve Fantasy Flash Fiction Tales 4.50 avg rating — 6 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
	SFS Stories Issue #6: Five Sci-Fi Flash Fiction Stories of Alien Encounters by J.A. Taylor (Goodreads Author), Rod Castor, K.T. Wagner (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings	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
	SFS Stories Issue #5: Five Fantasy Flash Fiction Tales of Tragic Love by J.A. Taylor (Goodreads Author), Rod Castor, Joshua Grasso really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	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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	SFS Stories Issue #7: Fantasy: Higher Powers by J.A. Taylor (Goodreads Author), Rod Castor, Alex Kilcannon 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	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
	SFS Stories Issue #8: Science Fiction: Tales of Time by J.A. Taylor (Goodreads Author), Rod Castor, Bill Adler it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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There Is No Antimemetics Division

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Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

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The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth (Clarendon Paperbacks)

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“Luke Skywalker was twice the age of the ten-year-old vaporator, but much less secure.”
― George Lucas, Star Wars: Trilogy - Episodes IV, V & VI

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“or why they speak like melted butter and their children speak like footsteps on pavement, prim and proper or clipped and fast, like the New World itself.”
― Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

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“The battered old DC 3 lay at the end of the runway like a tiny silver cross.”
― Orson Scott Card, Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century

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“His pulse feels like moth wings beating against my fingers.”
― Jim Latham, Noon in Florida and Other Short Short Stories

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“She squeezed the trigger. The shot echoed off the mountain, sending half a dozen crows airborne from a tangle of red-barked manzanitas. The rattler’s head vanished, and a splash of crimson struck the dirt on the trail.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

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